By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen The BC Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling against a former City of Prince George employee who sued for wrongful dismissal. Rob …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator decides in favour of company that employs airport screeners
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen The company that employs Canadian Air Transport Security Authority screeners at Quesnel, Smithers, Williams Lake and four other small airports did not violat… Free …
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Quesnel, B.C., civic workers’ vaccine grievance hits a dead end
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen Four City of Quesnel employees fired in February 2022 for disobeying the COVID-19 mandatory vaccination policy lost their application for reconsideration. In a Ma… …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Ex-Canada Post shop steward in Prince George, B.C., sentenced for sexual assault
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen Six months of house arrest followed by three years of probation for a former Canada Post shop steward in Prince George who was convicted of …
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By Somya Lohia | Shootin’ the Breeze Alberta teachers will learn later this week whether a court will suspend the province’s back-to-work legislation that ended last fall’s strike. The two-day hearing… …
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By Aastha Sethi | Cabin Radio The Northwest Territories’ immigration program will use a new points-based system this year to assess candidates and rank them according to labour market need, education,… …
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By Isaac Phan Nay and Zak Vescera [Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and The Tyee.] Choori Mohamed came to Canada with a dream… Free Membership Required …
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Arbitrator doesn’t fault West Fraser Mills for firing 100 Mile Lumber worker
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen West Fraser Mills was justified in firing a 100 Mile Lumber worker two years ago for uttering a death threat to co-workers, according to …
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By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed a petition by Gibraltar Mines Ltd. and sent a worker’s long-running discrimination complaint back to the B.C. Human …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
N.B. trucking companies urge additional government action on the Driver Inc. model
By Remko van Rhijn | River Valley Sun Trucking companies across New Brunswick and the Maritimes welcome Ottawa’s recent crackdown on the so-called Driver Inc. model, but warn that without sustained, …

