The firing of a Toronto cop, accused of inappropriate social media use where she posted confidential police information and made derogatory comments about her superiors and colleagues, has been upheld …
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B.C. Court of Appeal overturns injunction against former pet food store worker who badmouthed company online
A former employee of a pet food maker in British Columbia, who bad-mouthed the company in online posts, has successfully appealed a court-ordered injunction that barred her from making any …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Stelco ordered to reinstate worker who was fired over Facebook post that criticized a union election
Stelco has been ordered to reinstate a worker it fired after an arbitrator ruled the company acted in bad faith and had no justification for discipline, let alone termination, in …
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Social media is a double-edged sword for the public image of Canadian labour unions
By Vincent Pasquier, HEC Montréal; Christian Lévesque, HEC Montréal, and Marc-Antonin Hennebert, HEC Montréal Union membership in Canada has been declining over the past four decades. In 2022, the percentage …
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A BBC radio host was fired in 2019 after posting a tweet featuring a photo of the new royal baby pictured as a chimpanzee in a suit and top hat. …