Security guards end strike and lock down improved contract
Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9597-34 have ended their two-week strike, with new wins in their contract.
Voluntary measures have proven ineffective in preventing human rights abuses, environmental destruction and other abuses by Canadian corporations in the mining, energy, and garment sectors.
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Come together online with Canadians across the country for the @Open4Justice campaign’s first ever virtual rally. Together, we will symbolically deliver a petition to the House of Commons calling for concrete measures to strengthen the rules for businesses and uphold human rights.
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Crucial workers’ rights issues unaddressed in federal budget.
WHITEHORSE, YT – With the support of the United Steelworkers union (USW) and the Yukon Federation of Labour, workers at Parsons Inc. at the Faro Rehabilitation Mine Project have been certified by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to join the USW. The workers are set to begin the process of negotiating for better working conditions, […]