Tag Archives: strike
Canadian Union of Postal Workers urges workers to reject contract offer
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging workers to reject Canada Post's latest contract offer, saying a government-imposed vote on the Crown corporation's "best and final" offer sets a dangerou...
Jul 18, 2025 Canada Post mail trucks are seen parked in their distribution centre in Montreal, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Federal minister asks labour board to intervene in Canada Post strike
Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is "calling a timeout" in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 employees back to work. Mackinn...
Dec 13, 2024
Canada Post reports $315M Q3 loss before tax compared with $290M loss a year earlier
Canada Post says it lost $315 million before tax in the third quarter compared with a loss before tax of $290 million a year earlier. The corporation says revenue growth in its direct marketing did no...
Nov 22, 2024
Federal government moves to end port strikes, orders binding arbitration
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is intervening to end the work stoppages at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal. The minister said Tuesday the negotiations have reached an impasse and h...
Nov 12, 2024
Canada Post, union, still disagree over weekend delivery following weekend talks
Canada Post and the union representing its workers are commenting on how weekend talks for a new contract went, with the employer calling them less productive than they'd hoped and the union claiming ...
Nov 05, 2024
B.C. ports shuttered as lockout takes hold in latest labour dispute
One of Canada's most vital trade arteries is cut off as employers at most of British Columbia's ports lock out their workers in a dispute involving about 700 unionized foremen. The BC Maritime Employe...
Nov 05, 2024
B.C. port employers to launch lockout at terminals as labour disruption begins
Employers at British Columbia ports say they are going ahead with locking out more than 700 foremen across the province after strike activities from union members began. The lockout will shut port ter...
Nov 04, 2024
Montreal dockworkers hold one-day strike to put pressure on employer
Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal walked off the job early Sunday for a one-day strike aimed at putting pressure on their employer amid difficult contract talks. The union representing nearly 1,200 ...
Oct 27, 2024
SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 51
Two-thirds of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable panel have put on a lot of kilometres lately. 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young has been visiting Community Pastures as part of the 620 CKRM Ranch Roun...
Oct 11, 2024
Ongoing strike at Port of Montreal forcing vessels to move elsewhere
The strike at the Port of Montreal is in its third day. About 350 dock workers, represented by a union local affiliated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, are involved in a three-day strike ...
Oct 02, 2024