• CP24

    AGO to reopen April 30 after workers ratify new contract

    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...

    • CNBC

    Starbucks, Workers United made 'significant progress' in this week's contract talks

    Starbucks and the union plan to meet again in late May to keep working on the framework that will inform every single-store contract.

  • Weirton tin mill workers interview for new jobs at WorkForce West Virginia job fair

    Cleveland Cliffs plant set to idle this Saturday.

    • ESPN

    Dak Prescott not sweating pace of Cowboys contract talks

    Dak Prescott said Friday that negotiations have not really begun with the Cowboys on a new deal, although he had what he termed a "great conversation" with owner and GM Jerry Jones about a month ago.

  • Google fires 28 workers after protest over Israeli contract

    Google fired 28 employees Thursday following sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices.

    • ESPN

    Inside Bill Belichick's failed offseason job hunt

    As the NFL has moved on from this year's firing-and-hiring cycle, two questions remain: Why is Bill Belichick suddenly and seemingly unemployable? And will he coach again?

  • My walking, talking little girl has just turned two

    But as far as I’m concerned she’s still my babyMy daughter has turned two, so we can no longer really justify calling her a baby, which is absurd because she is a baby; a baby who can walk and run and say more words each day, but a baby nonetheless. She screams less than she used to and sleeps a lot more. Her interests include lifting things. She cheers on command, sticking her impossibly edible little arms in the air and saying ‘Yaaaaaay!’ for no reason science can discern. She is wonderful.She...

  • Trudeau government urged to walk the talk on Canada's climate policies

    Canada's federal budget on Tuesday unveiled few emissions-cutting policies, but climate advocates say the key for Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is to prioritise implementation of existing programs ahead of next year's election that could see the Conservatives clinching power.

    Canada, the world's fourth-largest oil producer, has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030. 

    .Trudeau rakes up Nijjar issue during hearing on foreign interference in...

  • Trevor Lawrence reveals having preliminary contract extension talks with Jaguars

    As Trevor Lawrence heads into his fourth year in the NFL, the Jacksonville Jaguars star quarterback said he’s had preliminary talks with the organization about a potential extension.  However, Lawrence isn’t losing any sleep over it.  "There’s definitely been some conversations," he said Tuesday, via ESPN. "As far as where that's at now, it's not really my focus. I'd love to obviously be a Jag for as long as possible. We love it here, and I love where we're headed as an organization. CLICK HERE...

    • CP24

    Union representing striking AGO workers says tentative deal has been reached

    A month after workers at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) walked off the job, their union says a tentative deal has been reached with the gallery. In a message posted to X early Thursday, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) said a tentative deal was reached after 16 hours of bargaining that went late into the night. More than 400 AGO employees represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 walked off the job on March 26 after members rejected the art gallery’s offer. The workers...

  • St. Cloud plant closing, 350 workers will lose jobs

    Fulfillment Distribution Center anticipates the closure and layoffs take effect on or around Oct. 31, 2024. In 2023, the plant was the 13th largest employer with 407 employees, according to the city.

    • CP24

    Airbus workers at Quebec plant reject company's third contract offer

    Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents about 1,300 workers at the Mirabel, Que. facility, says nearly 70 per cent of its members voted against the agreement in principle. Union spokesman Éric Rancourt says negotiators thought they had reached a deal that would satisfy members, but the vote shows that wasn't the case. Earlier in...