Labour - Unions

16/05/25
Author: 
Unifor
Burnaby  oil refinery

May 9, 2025

BURNABY—Unifor is raising serious concerns about the sale of one of British Columbia’s last remaining oil refineries to American energy giant Sunoco. The refinery is part of a larger list of assets across Canada being sold from Parkland to Sunoco.

“This is not the time to hand over control of critical energy infrastructure to a foreign multinational, especially in the middle of a trade war,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Unifor is sounding the alarm because energy security is national security, and we cannot afford to gamble with it.”

22/04/25
Author: 
From the Coalition for Charter Rights and Freedoms
We Say No to Silencing Dissent - poster

Apr. 22, 2025

Dear Mayor Olivia Chow, City Councillors and City Manager:

We, the undersigned coalition, are writing to strongly oppose the development of a bylaw restricting demonstrations/protests in Toronto, as directed by City Council on December 17-18, 2024.

21/04/25
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
The federal government sees the temporary foreign worker program as a key way to address labour shortages. Photo by Adam Melnyk via Shutterstock.

Apr. 21, 2025

Ironworkers Local 97 is calling for the Liberals and Conservatives to overhaul the temporary foreign worker program.

20/04/25
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
Emyll Garcia has worked as a cleaner for seven years. She is part of a collective agreement bargaining effort that is advocating for better working conditions for cleaners across Metro Vancouver. Photo for The Tyee by Isaac Phan Nay.

Apr. 18, 2025

Approximately 3,000 janitors across Metro Vancouver are gearing up for citywide collective agreement bargaining.

12/04/25
Author: 
Verity Stevenson
Over one hundred municipal leaders representing millions of Canadians have published an open letter to federal parties called ‘Elbows Up for Climate Change. It urges a national electric grid, a high-speed railway, two million affordable green homes, and a climate disaster strategy.

Apr. 11, 2025

Open letter proposes national grid, high-speed rail, disaster resilience strategy

Watch Canada votes: Municipal leaders demand climate action from parties:  https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6721598

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities. 

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