MONTREAL – The Quebec government must not give in to blackmail as Uber threatens to cease operations in the province due to new regulations, the Syndicat des Métallos (United Steelworkers) union says. “Uber’s business model is not made for Quebec,” said Wilson Jean Paul, a spokesman for the Regroupement des travailleurs autonomes Métallos (RTAM-Métallos) that […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $25,000 to communities throughout the Caribbean impacted by Hurricane Irma. “Irma was a devastating storm, unlike anything seen in decades, where it touched down in Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. “Once again it is the poorest communities that will have the greatest difficulty […]
WINDSOR, Ont. – Freedom Mobile, owned by telecom giant Shaw Communications, has threatened to lock out its call centre employees in Windsor next Friday, September 22. Freedom Mobile’s threat to lock out employees comes on the heels of its refusal to improve a collective agreement offer that was firmly rejected by those employees in a […]
Pittsburgh, Toronto – The United Steelworkers union (USW) released the following statement identifying its position on rules of origin in the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations. Rules of origin are a critical part of the renegotiations and identify the percentage of content that must be included in products to be eligible for […]
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