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Looming Strike Deadline Threatens Critical Phase of Romanian Cernavodă Nuclear Refurbishments MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amid critical work planning for the refurbishment of reactors at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, members of the Society of Professional...
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Countdown to Strike Deadline Begins During Critical Refurbishments at Darlington Generating Station MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amid critical work refurbishing two of the four reactors at Darlington Generating Station, members of the Society of Professional Engineers and...
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SPEA: Will SNC-Lavalin repeat the mistakes of the past? MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workers represented by the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA) employed by Candu Energy, a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, were...
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CSX Announces Advances on Future Wage Adjustments for Unionized Operations Employees
19 avr. 2022 19h57 HE | CSX Corporation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX) today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers,...
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Statement by UFCW Canada on Refugee Rights Day – April 4
04 avr. 2022 13h07 HE | UFCW Canada
TORONTO, April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Each year in Canada, Refugee Rights Day is commemorated on April 4. The day is an opportunity to celebrate the advances that have been made in the...
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Ontario government acts on UFCW union’s “staycation” suggestion
08 nov. 2021 17h01 HE | UFCW Canada Local 102; UFCW Canada Local 333
TORONTO, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One of the measures in this week’s fall economic statement by the Ford Ontario government was the creation of a Staycation Tax Credit – a suggestion that...
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Human decency prevails with announcement of forthcoming legislation, but more action urgently needed, says UFCW Canada union
20 oct. 2021 17h53 HE | UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Government of Ontario has announced its intention to introduce first of its kind legislation that will make it unlawful for businesses to restrict...
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Uber Drivers Fired for Refusing Unsafe Work Says UFCW 1518 Union
07 oct. 2021 15h44 HE | UFCW 1518
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW 1518 is taking the cases of several Uber Drivers to the BC Labour Relations Board by filing an unfair labour practice complaint...
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Promises made and promises broken: We should all be allowed to commemorate Truth and Reconciliation Day – Commentary by Paul R. Meinema, National President, UFCW Canada
28 sept. 2021 13h39 HE | UFCW Canada
OTTAWA, Sept. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government’s recent legislative action to declare September 30th as an annual national day to raise awareness of the horrors and evil of the...
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Rexall follows disturbing trend; refuses to honour union contract language and recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday for its unionized employees MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Sept. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 175 & 633 are disappointed that Rexall is refusing to recognize the National Day for...