Labour - Unions

09/12/25
Author: 
Harry North
A young child riding on her parents' shoulders is lost in a sea of flags during a huge union protest against the CAQ government in Montreal on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette

Nov. 30, 2025

It marks one of the largest public mobilizations against the CAQ government since the premier took office in 2018.

Major arteries of downtown Montreal on Saturday afternoon were shut down as tens of thousands of people, part of a broad coalition of Quebec labour groups and community organizations, marched against what they called Premier François Legault’s accelerating turn to the political right.

06/12/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Premier David Eby visited the Crofton pulp mill in 2023 to announce government funding to help the facility. The company returned the money after it curtailed paper production. Photo via BC government.

Dec. 5, 2025

Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.

The provincial Conservatives wasted no time calling for Forests Minister Ravi Parmar’s head this week after Domtar announced it would soon shutter its Crofton pulp mill.

02/12/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Care aide Edil Bukid said the changes are ‘about dignity for workers, for seniors and for their families who trust us.’ She was joined by the HEU’s Lynn Bueckert, MLA Susie Chant and Health Minister Josie Osborne for the announcement. Photo for The Tyee by Andrew MacLeod.

Dec. 2, 2025

The government will also continue funding some pandemic wage increases.

A Hospital Employees’ Union official said Monday that an agreement with the British Columbia government to bring some 5,000 workers at 100 care homes back into the sector’s main bargaining unit is a win for the union and seniors.

28/11/25
Author: 
Leah Montange
earth headscratching!

Nov. 28, 2025

Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil, has ended, the last week of November is Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of the week’s activities being sponsored by traditional climate organizations or climate innovators, it is organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

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