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...
The clock is ticking down on the final few hours of negotiations between the TTC and members of the union representing about 650 communications, electrical, and signal workers. After months of unsuccessful contract talks between the two sides, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - Local 2 is set to strike on Monday at 12:01 a.m., if a deal isn't reached. The workers have been without a collective agreement since March 2022. In February, they voted 99.3 per cent in favour of a...
In the face of climate change and the realization of how fragile our global food supply chains are, I think it is high time we took the first steps to ensure food security not just for our country but also for our neighbors in the ASEAN.
Michael Dallard was left 'angry and upset' by the snub.
4,326 workers at the Volkswagen facility were eligible to vote.
Zalmay Khalilzad states that the initial steps towards negotiations with the Taliban were taken under the Obama administration, not the Donald Trump administration. Khalilzad says that during the Obama era, he received a letter from Mullah Yaqoob, stating that war does not have a military solution, and the Taliban seeks its end. The US House […]
Shawn Fain tells the Guardian he expects ‘more of the same to come’ after celebrating union’s historic victory at Tennessee plantAfter celebrating his union’s historic victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, told the Guardian that he was confident of more unionization wins at auto plants across the US, saying: “The workers at VW are the first domino to fall.“They have shown it is possible,” Fain added in an interview on Sunday evening. “I...
The FDA union has launched legal action claiming a decision to ignore orders from the European Court of Human Rights would breach civil service rules.
Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl has taken the first step towards
Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction was overturned by New York's highest court on Thursday.
Sony has announced the Reon Pocket 5, a wearable air conditioner designed to make your commute more comfortable.
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made a mistake by voting to unionize under the United Auto Workers.