By Susan Srigley, NUFA President On Nov. 2, full-time faculty at Nipissing University, represented by the Nipissing University Faculty Association in North Bay, Bracebridge, and Brantford walked off the job after months of negotiations and failed provincial conciliation. The issues remaining on the table are: governance, job security, faculty complement and compensation. North Bay, a Continue readingWhat’s happening at Nipissing University?
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By Dan DiMaggio When a contract expires, the no-strike and binding arbitration clauses are no longer in effect. That means unions that keep working without a contract can strike over grievances that happen after contract expiration, as several Communications Workers locals at AT&T have done this year. CWA Local 4322 members in Dayton, Ohio, struck May Continue readingStriking over grievances when the contract’s up
By Dan Darrah Publisher of Durham Region’s labour newsletter Critical Perspectives, available at www.criticalperspectives.org HAY RIVER, NWT – After a gruelling six-month strike, the municipal government of the small community of Hay River has ratified an agreement that agrees to the workers’ hard-fought demand for wage increases. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which Continue readingSolidarity in the North: Hay River strikes new deal for labour peace
R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. By Don Clark After 13 weeks on the picket line, the strike (at the Carmeuse Lime and Stone plant in Beachville, Ontario) is over. Some was accomplished but much Continue readingCarmeuse the bully wins round one
by Doug Nesbitt With management and scabs crossing a picket line limited by a court injunction, the 34 striking workers of SGS Canada in Sarnia are facing a tough battle. “There should definitely be some sort of legislation or some kind of criteria where you can’t just fill all our jobs in a couple weeks, Continue readingScabs & Injunctions: Solidarity needed in Sarnia strike
Northern B.C. faculty paid less than those at comparable institutions by Tyson Kelsall Twitter tags: #unbcstrike, @UNBCFA, @UNBC, #cityofpg, #bcpoli, #canlab The faculty of the University of Northern British Columbia has been on strike since 5 March 2015. Negotiations have been taking place since May 2014. UNBC’s latest offer is a 5.5 per cent salary Continue reading#UNBCstrike: A fight for fair pay
By Matt Davidson and Doug Nesbitt Despite the bitter cold, morale was good on the Peterborough picket lines of the Ontario-wide CCAC workers strike. The Peterborough nurses are part of a 3,000-strong strike of healthcare workers across the province at nine of the ten province’s Community Care Access Centres. All workers on strike are members Continue readingFor equal pay & quality healthcare: The CCAC strike
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan By Charles Smith On January 30, 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) made its long anticipated ruling in Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) v. Saskatchewan.[1] In its decision, the SCC overturned its 1987 decision in Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta) (Alberta Reference). In the Alberta Continue readingThe Politics of the Constitutional Right to Strike
Supreme Court on right to strike | Quebec municipal pensions | Ontario CCAC strike | Saskatoon transit | Port Metro Vancouver truckers | Paramedics’ mental health | West Van nursing home layoffs | IKEA Richmond | Federal workplace childcare | Tim Hortons A Constitutional Right to Strike Comes to Canada Professor David Doorey, Law of Continue readingR&F’s Labour News Update – February 2, 2015
Quebec pensions fight | Tembec strike | How WSIB has failed | Sexual harassment in the workplace | Rail fatigue | Western Canada workplace safety | Ste-Thérèse Paccar lockout | Muzzled scientists at bargaining table | Green jobs vs tar sands Quebec unions slam pension bill, vow new round of protests Marian Scott, Montreal Gazette Continue readingR&F’s Labour News Update – December 8, 2014
By Judy Haiven October 13 saw a walkout of tens of thousands of staff at National Health Service (NHS) facilities up and down the UK. In a strike that lasted four hours, from 7 to 11 in the morning, cleaners, nurses, porters, paramedics, midwives, administrative officers and others struck most hospitals in the country. Chester, Continue readingNHS workers strike in the UK
by Scotty Hertz A fierce demonstration of worker solidarity was evident on the picket line at Guelph’s NGF Glass in the early hours of October 9th. Workers from a wide range of industries, sectors and unions braved the coldest morning of the fall so far to support the 28 striking members of Workers United Local Continue readingNGF scabs sent packing in Guelph