Unemployment and income supports Holes in the safety net: CERB and EI coverage falls shortZaid Noorsumar, Rankandfile.ca, March 29 2020 Wage subsidy plan is full of big problemsNora Loreto, Rankandfile.ca, March 31 2020 Demand Compassion: Rent Strikes & Emergency BenefitsEmily Leedham, Rankandfile.ca, March 30 2020 Much stronger conditions needed on federal wage subsidy programToby Sanger, Continue readingWeekly labour news digest – April 5 2020
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Holes in the safety net: CERB and EI coverage falls short The federal government is moving at breakneck speed in the midst of the pandemic. Within a week, it announced two new income support programs, before replacing them with the newly legislated Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). The redesigned social safety net is an improvement, Continue readingWeekly labour news digest – March 29 2020
Federal government to legislate $82bn aid package The federal government announced a $82 billion aid package as a temporary measure to provide relief to businesses and workers, as Canada reacts to unprecedented job losses. The package includes $55 billion in tax deferrals for businesses alongside direct payments of $27 billion. The latter includes $10 billion Continue readingWeekly labour news digest – March 22 2019
By Evan Johnston Manitoba Safeway workers reach a tentative agreement We begin this week with some good news! After weeks of mobilization, Safeway workers in Manitoba have reached a tentative agreement with their employer. UFCW 832 — which represents over 2,200 Safeway workers across the province — made the announcement last Saturday, the day that Continue readingWeekly Labour Briefing: March 24 2018
By Evan Johnston Bad faith bargaining by Elmwood Residences We begin this week in Saskatoon, where a group home employer — Elmwood Residences Inc. — is being accused of bad-faith bargaining by SEIU-West after some strange behaviour at the table. On Friday, Elmwood informed the union’s bargaining committee that the Employer had a new proposal, Continue readingWeekly Labour Briefing – March 2, 2018
By Evan Johnston Hull Hospital workers protest staff shortages We begin this week in Gatineau, Québec, where workers at Hull Hospital held a courageous sit-in to protest the increased workload and hours as a result of ongoing staff shortages. “Attendants, maintenance workers, administrators and food service staff took part in the sit-in to get their Continue readingWeekly Labour Briefing – Feb 23, 2018
Oil Sands Workers Fear Becoming Climate Change Casualties | Tories & Fraser Institute team up against CPP expansion | Canada lagging on pension investment | Pay equity raise for NB education workers | No safety training for Fort McMurray cleaners | Tax loopholes cost Canada billions | Strike wave sweeps France | Complaints over uncertified Continue readingLabour News Update: June 20, 2016
Evictions and repossessions skyrocket in Alberta after oil boom | Ontario Teachers challenge Bill 115 in court| BCGEU wins union drive at River Rock casino| Workers picket NS MLA constituency offices over Bill 148| Quebec public sector strike| Hamilton school board and cooks and custodians reach deal | Indigenous Trades Workers: Forced to trade sovereignty Continue readingR&F Labour News Update: December 28, 2015
Ottawa cleaners approve strike | Protests in London against Canada Post | B.C.’s Howe Sound mill to close paper operations | Report calls for disclosure of private hospital laundry contracts in Sask. | Nunavut power workers and government have war of words | Fight for $15 hits McDicks | EI system is failing Canadians | Continue readingR&F Labour News Update – July 27 2015
Lakeland Mills Inquest | Halifax Herald lockout | Alberta budget cuts | University strikes in context | Peterborough healthcare workers | assaults on BC healthcare workers | FIFA’s crimes | Nova Scotia tourism cuts | job quality declines From Popsicles to Pledge Cards: Our members want to be engaged but they’re not sure how Tiffany Balducci Continue readingR&F Labour News Update: March 9, 2015
CEO pay soars | Storms ahead for Quebec labour | Ontario mental health staff cuts | Castlegar agreement ratified | Corner Brook firefighters | Ontario public service bargaining | Migrant workers in Lebanon From RankandFile.ca: In case you missed them during the holidays! Happy New Year from RankandFile.ca 2014: The Canadian Labour Movement in Review Continue readingR&F’s Labour News Update – January 5, 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