The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will reopen its doors to the public next week after its workers voted to ratify a new agreement. The AGO has been closed since March 26, when 400 workers, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535, rejected the museum's initial offer and walked off the job. Earlier this week, the union announced that it reached a tentative deal with the AGO following a 16-hour bargaining. In a statement on Friday, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 revealed that 85 per cent of the workers...
Teachers in Youngstown City Schools are voting on a new contract Friday.
Members of Windsor-based Unifor Local 240 and Toronto-based Unifor Local 673 ratified a new three-year contract with GreenShield Canada on Wednesday. The 580 Windsor workers voted 92 per cent in favour while 91 per cent of the 24 Toronto workers approved the deal. Workers walked off the job March 1 and were on the picket […]
Noncompete agreements are banned in three states, including California, and some opponents of noncompetes argue that California's ban has been a key contributor to that state's innovative tech economy.
Google fired 28 employees Thursday following sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices.
The former Ohio State standout was acquired in a trade with Chicago back in March.
WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.
A new report by Remote.com ranked over 100 cities in the world and found the best places for remote workers to set up shop — and only one was in the US.
Paris Saint-Germain starlet Warren Zaire-Emery has signed a new contract to stay at the French champions until 2029, the club announced on Saturday."I am very proud and happy to extend my adventure with the club where I started my career," Zaire-Emery said in a statement released by PSG. Zaire-Emery, who only turned 18 last month, posed on the pitch at PSG's Parc des Princes ground holding a shirt carrying the number 2029 prior to Saturday's Ligue 1 game against Le Havre.
Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which supports Israeli military and governmentGoogle has been accused of throwing a “tantrum” after sacking more than 50 workers in response to a protest over the company’s military ties to the Israeli government – firings that have shone a light on a controversial project and long-simmering tensions between staff and management.The workers were sacked following protests at Google offices in New York City and...
The win is a major victory for the firm in a competition that saw the surprise elimination of aerospace giant Boeing.
Starbucks and the union plan to meet again in late May to keep working on the framework that will inform every single-store contract.