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Unifor’s Lana Payne is taking on the fight for workers

Unifor president Lana Payne wants Canadian workers to know—and get paid—what they’re worth

A Foodora courier is pictured as they pick up an order for delivery from a restaurant in Toronto, on Feb. 27, 2020. (Nathan Denette/CP0

Foodora couriers are now dependent contractors—that’s a problem for Big Tech

Andrew Cash: The Ontario Labour Relations Board decision throws into question the status of workers on all platforms: Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit, and more. And it opens a huge opportunity for the labour movement.

The Queen faces a labour dispute at Windsor Castle

Some staff start at less than $30,000. They want more from the royal purse.

Can Tim Hudak sell right-to-work in Ontario?

Or did his party just hand its opponents a silver bullet?

Carleton residence workers want a union

Residence fellows concerned about safety and workload

Editorial: What the Supreme Court really thinks about cyberbullying

It’s okay, but only when unions are the bullies

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Transparency and C-377

Earlier this week, John Geddes looked closer at Conservative MP Russ Hiebert’s bill on union disclosure.

The king of the corner store

Quebec’s Couche-Tard: the king of the corner store

They’ve set their sights on Europe while facing off with a homegrown foe: the union movement

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Back to work, again

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt says the Conservatives will introduce back-to-work legislation to prevent a disruption at Air Canada. Elizabeth May is unimpressed.

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Why it’s okay to intervene in Air Canada’s labour dispute

An exchange from the Prime Minister’s media availability in Toronto this afternoon.

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The labour appeal

Paul Dewar details his labour policy, including a ban on replacement workers and a promise to reinstate the federal minimum wage and gradually raise it to a living wage.

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McGill reaches tentative deal with workers

But the bitter strike is not quite over yet