By Marissa Lentz | TimminsToday.com Striking union members are banned from going into three Matheson facilities. CUPE Local 1490 members were recently issued a trespassing notice from the Township of Black …
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By Carol Baldwin | Wakaw Recorder A recent Statistics Canada workforce study has found that nearly one in every two women and more than a third of men 15 years and …
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Tossed by Starbucks: Barista’s union advocacy leads to controversial dismissal from Vancouver location
By Zak Vescera | The Tyee Frédérique Martineau loved Starbucks. She worked her first shift for the coffee giant at a mall in California, in the summer between her junior …
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By Zak Vescera | The Tyee You may have met Kuljeet Singh. He might have driven you to your aunt’s birthday party, picked you and your friends up after a …
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Migrant farmworker’s sexual assault allegations against Okanagan winemaker shine light on a wider issue
By Zak Vescera | The Tyee A prominent Okanagan winemaker has been accused of sexually assaulting a foreign farmworker in his employ, bringing attention to advocates’ concerns about sexual abuse of …
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By Dan Walton | Penticton Herald Rosemary Thomspon will be conducting her encore in court. The former music director of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra was fired from the position last …
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By John Chilibeck | The Daily Gleaner A professor at Crandall University in New Brunswick has been fired following a six-month investigation of “inappropriate behaviour” toward female students, the institution …
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By Zak Vescera | The Tyee The B.C. government will guarantee new employment rights for ride-hailing and delivery drivers, including a minimum wage and WorkSafeBC coverage, Labour Minister Harry Bains …
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By Jessica Lee | Rocky Mountain Outlook The decision to give the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s board of governors its walking papers last week came at the recommendation of its four …
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Former Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief sued for more than $400K for sexual battery by former employee
By Dave Baxter | Winnipeg Sun The former Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is being sued by a former AMC employee who is now seeking more …