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SEIU Local 2 Toronto janitors ratify new agreement covering 3,000+ private sector cleaners. Start closing the gap with the living wage.

TORONTO, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 3,000 private sector cleaners in Toronto could be walking off the job soon. A strike vote is scheduled for the members of SEIU Local 2 this...

Rally today at 6 pm at Halifax City Hall to protest the HRM Regional Council decision to award the Alderney Gate cleaning contract to non-union company.

Public Justice for Janitors rally tomorrow at Halifax City Hall. (TUE FEB 25 @ 6 PM). Contract flip means jobs loses for cleaners at Alderney Gate.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Approximately 100 shelter workers and their supporters held a rally this afternoon at the Nova Scotia Labour Board. Shelter workers employed...

Public rally for shelter workers at the NS Labour Board Wednesday February 19, 2025 @ 4 pm. 8 months after union vote, ballots remain uncounted.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEIU Local 2 janitors ratified a new collective agreement yesterday by an overwhelming majority. The 300 cleaners, who are employed by GDI...

A tentative agreement with GDI has been reached. A ratification vote for SEIU Local 2 members will be held on Saturday.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As 300 GDI Integrated Facility Services workers prepare to strike, Bee Clean Building Maintenance has reached a tentative agreement with their...

Halifax area could see its first ever large-scale private sector janitorial strike next week. GDI cleaners attend strike preparedness training on weekend.