Contract talks between U.S. Steel and its Hamilton workers are continuing as the clock winds down on the current contract.The collective agreement expires at midnight Saturday. Pensions remain at the heart of the talks, with the union vowing to resist any company effort to end the current defined benefit pension plan.While union president Rolf Gerstenberger [...]

A labour dispute involving the refuelling supervisors and administrative staff at Vancouver International Airport delayed some flights Monday, a union representative said.“We counted between 30 and 40 delays,” said Stephen Dunsmore, regional vice-president of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees, such as five Air Canada flights and five Air Canada Jazz flights.Dunsmore said the delays [...]

BOWMANVILLE — The strike at Bowmanville’s St. Marys Cement has entered its 18th week, and talks between the two sides have broken off.Approximately 100 Canadian Auto Workers Local 222 workers hit the bricks March 12, with pensions as the major issue.Talks broke off last Friday, CAW local president Chris Buckley said.“We’re waiting to get a [...]

The war of words continues between Essar Steel Algoma and United Steelworkers Local 2724.Public talk is usually minimal during contract negotiations, but Essar Algoma and its salaried workers, who have been talking a new deal for the past six weeks, have gone public with their message three times in the past week.A week ago it [...]

EMC News – Businesses, light industry, apartment and condominium residents could face disruptions to garbage collection in as little as 10 days unless the company contracted to provide the service presents a serious contract offer, warned Dan Sauve, president, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1338.On July 6, members of Local 1338, representing 65 [...]

The country’s largest supermarket operator appears to be digging in its heels in the wake of an overwhelming vote by its Ontario workers to support a strike mandate.Loblaw Cos. Ltd. said “our intention is to obtain the operational flexibility” it needs to compete in what is now a largely non-union industry.The United Food and Commercial [...]

Workers picketed a Halifax-area Farmers Dairy plant on Sunday, with the workers saying they had been locked out and the company saying the workers were on strike.A Farmers Dairy spokesman said the Nova Scotia-based firm would continue processing milk at the plant for the duration of the job action.Many of the affected employees work at [...]

The longest strike in the history of bruising labour conflict in the rich Sudbury mining region has ended after almost a year.The United Steelworkers confirmed Thursday night that 3,100 striking members at Vale SA’s sprawling operations in the northern Ontario city and a small refinery in Port Colborne had voted about 75.5 per cent for [...]

The threat of a garbage strike for businesses and light industry is now looming over Ottawa this summer.The union representing 65 waste haulers and landfill employees employed by Waste Management are threatening to go on strike by the end of the month ifa contact is not finalized.The Canadian Union of Public Employees says its [...]

Frustration is mounting for gaming employees with Casino Regina after a meeting last week with their employer, the Crown-owned Saskatchewan Gaming Corp., failed to strike a new deal.Communication between Sask. Gaming and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represents about 425 gaming employees at the casino, has been minimal since the strike began [...]