A post-secondary teacher in Alberta found himself at odds with his employer and his union after being fired for alleged inappropriate behavior towards female students. The teacher, who rejected the…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Retired Maple Leaf Food worker’s case against union that cited issue with ‘entire employment history’ dismissed by board
Throwing spaghetti against a wall, walking away and hoping something sticks isn’t a great strategy when it comes to workplace litigation. That’s essentially what a unionized worker at Maple Leaf…
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Windsor Salt halts union negotiations following violent attack at mine
Windsor Salt Ltd. has suspended its negotiations with its union following a violent attack at its Ojibway mine facility. Three masked individuals entered the facility armed with baseball bats and…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Bittersweet victory: UFCW wins arbitration, but awarded no remedy in case with ‘unique facts and difficult realities’
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union won an arbitration case against an Ontario nursing home, but the victory was bittersweet as there was no remedy attached to the…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Pierre Poilievre is popular among union members. What’s it really all about?
By Chris Fairweather, McMaster University According to a recent poll by Abacus Data, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are now the top choice of union members in Canada. Overall support for the…
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City of Edmonton can’t force transit drivers to pay for tickets issued by photo radar, red light cameras: Arbitrator
The City of Edmonton can no longer require its unionized transit drivers to automatically pay fines for speeding and running red lights that are issued by photo radar and cameras,…
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
New Brunswick advocate urges government, unions to stop bargaining away children’s right to educational services
By Office of the Child, Youth and Seniors’ Advocate – New Brunswick Child, Youth and Seniors’ Advocate Kelly Lamrock has issued recommendations on means to uphold the rights of children with…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Did management at forest products company manipulate timesheets to avoid overtime?
A New Brunswick arbitrator has rejected a claim by Unifor that management at a forest products company were manipulating timesheets to minimize the amount of overtime paid to workers. Unifor…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Fleming College’s decision to layoff staff without 90-day notice justified by pandemic: Arbitrator
Sir Sanford Fleming College in Peterborough, Ont., was not required to give 90 days’ notice of layoffs to unionized staff during the pandemic, an arbitrator has ruled, because the circumstances…
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By Unifor Workers at the Cascades casino in Delta became Unifor’s newest members after the B.C. Labour Board certified the unit on January 24, 2023. “Unifor is very proud to welcome a new…