A cleaning contractor at a municipal facility in Dartmouth, N.S., terminated employees to prevent unionization efforts, according to unfair labour practice complaints filed with the Nova Scotia Labour… To continue …
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Arbitrator orders Ontario long-term care homes to adopt SEIU staffing platform
An arbitrator has ruled that long-term care operators in Ontario must sign service agreements with SEIU Healthcare’s digital staffing platform, WorkersFirst — a move the union says will reduce relianc… …
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Arbitrator rules West Haldimand General Hospital not required to hold vote on 5-hour shift addition
An arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance against West Haldimand General Hospital in Hagersville, Ont., ruling the employer was not required to hold a vote among employees when it added …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Sunrise of Burlington personal support worker loses duty of fair representation complaint
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed an application from a personal support worker who alleged her union failed to properly represent her after she was fired from a senior …
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Grievance over contracted workers at long-term care home dismissed after years of inaction
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance by SEIU Local 1 Canada that sought to bring workers employed by Compass Group Canada at a Toronto long-term care facility under its bargaining …
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‘If you kill a worker, you should go to jail’: Union blasts lack of jail time in workplace death of PSW
An Ontario organization that provides care for adults with developmental disabilities has been found guilty of multiple workplace safety violations in connection with the drowning death of a personal … …
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BC labour board ruling a win for janitors’ job protection, says union
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee After a Vancouver school switched cleaning companies, the BC Labour Relations Board ordered the company to honour the previous cleaners’ collective agreement and hire …
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Compass Group ordered to compensate union for subcontracted janitorial workers
Compass Group Canada has been ordered to compensate the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 for using subcontracted workers to perform bargaining unit work in violation of the collect… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
Arbitrator upholds firing of Vancouver Airport cleaner who took passenger’s jacket
An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a cleaner who took a passenger’s jacket home from a restricted food court area at Vancouver Airport and did not return it for …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitration board awards wage increases, overtime changes at Ontario Health / Trillium Gift of Life Network
Arbitrator Daniel Randazzo has awarded wage increases and amended overtime provisions for employees of Ontario Health / Trillium Gift of Life Network (the Employer), following an interest arbitration … To …