Labour

A new report is casting doubt on the idea that Canada is facing a widespread labour shortage, bolstering arguments by labour economists who say the country has more than enough workers. A sign for help wanted is pictured in a business window in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

StatCan report casts clouds on claims of a widespread labour shortage in Canada

An analysis finds there are no labour shortages for jobs that require high levels of education

 

A line at the WestJet counter at the airport in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

Airline warns full resumption will take time, travellers should check before heading to airport

 

WestJet has started to cancel flights as talks with the pilots’ union remained at a “critical impasse,” the company said in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

WestJet, pilots reach 11th-hour deal as strike averted

Some 1,800 pilots at WestJet and Swoop had been poised to walk off the job

 

Members of the Air Line Pilots Association demonstrate amid contract negotiations outside the WestJet headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 31, 2023. Talks between WestJet and the pilots’ union continue as the clock counts down toward a Friday strike deadline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

WestJet cancels 100-plus flights as pilot strike looms, negotiations in stalemate

Airline issued statement early Thursday saying negotiations were stuck ‘in a stalemate’

Members of the Air Line Pilots Association demonstrate amid contract negotiations outside the WestJet headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 31, 2023. Talks between WestJet and the pilots’ union continue as the clock counts down toward a Friday strike deadline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
WestJet Airlines pilots stand on a picket line at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Monday May 8, 2023. WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says a massive gap remains between the airline’s offer to pilots and the union’s counterproposal for a new contract as job action looms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

WestJet CEO, pilots’ union head clash over compensation as strike looms

More than 1,800 pilots at WestJet and its Swoop subsidiary could walk off the job Friday

WestJet Airlines pilots stand on a picket line at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Monday May 8, 2023. WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says a massive gap remains between the airline’s offer to pilots and the union’s counterproposal for a new contract as job action looms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Members of the Air Line Pilots Association demonstrate amid contract negotiations outside the WestJet headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 31, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Union says WestJet pilots issue 72-hour strike notice, plan job action Friday

Union represents some 1,600 flight crew at WestJet and subsidiary Swoop

Members of the Air Line Pilots Association demonstrate amid contract negotiations outside the WestJet headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 31, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Late night talk show host Seth Meyers, right, joins striking members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line during a rally outside Silvercup Studios, Tuesday May 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Writers strike felt in missing NBC stars, absence of Fox schedule for TV sales pitches

‘No one has a crystal ball about the duration and impact of the strike’

Late night talk show host Seth Meyers, right, joins striking members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line during a rally outside Silvercup Studios, Tuesday May 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
City hall managers Christina Crabtree, David Pollock and Christine Carter are no longer employed by the City of Maple Ridge. (Special to The News)

LETTER: Maple Ridge staff shakeup troubling

Resident wants more information on significant staffing changes

  • May 12, 2023
City hall managers Christina Crabtree, David Pollock and Christine Carter are no longer employed by the City of Maple Ridge. (Special to The News)
B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says Bill 5 gives government lawyers what they want, which is to join a union. But the BC Government Lawyers Association say they do not want join the Professional Employees Association. Conroy addresses Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce members on March 24, 2023. (Trevor Crawley photo.)

B.C. government lawyers protest bill that would prevent forming a new union

Province says ‘incredible number of unions’ can become a difficult situation for the employer

B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says Bill 5 gives government lawyers what they want, which is to join a union. But the BC Government Lawyers Association say they do not want join the Professional Employees Association. Conroy addresses Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce members on March 24, 2023. (Trevor Crawley photo.)
Aman Sood, a 40-year-old immigrant originally from India who came to Canada in 2019, suffered injuries during an attack from a fare while driving for Uber in Abbotsford last month. He and Sussanne Skidmore, BC Federation of Labour president, met with the media before meeting Minister of Labour Harry Bains to discuss the safety of workers for app-based companies like Uber. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Attack on Uber driver prompts call for better protection of gig workers

BC Federation of Labour president wants expansion of workers compensation coverage

Aman Sood, a 40-year-old immigrant originally from India who came to Canada in 2019, suffered injuries during an attack from a fare while driving for Uber in Abbotsford last month. He and Sussanne Skidmore, BC Federation of Labour president, met with the media before meeting Minister of Labour Harry Bains to discuss the safety of workers for app-based companies like Uber. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
FILE - A worker wheels equipment past the famous Hollywood sign as preparations continue on March 8, 2023, for the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Television and movie writers declared late Monday, May 1, that they will launch an industrywide strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Hollywood writers begin strike, late-night shows go dark

Dispute tied to streaming could affect TV and film productions depending on how long it lasts

FILE - A worker wheels equipment past the famous Hollywood sign as preparations continue on March 8, 2023, for the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Television and movie writers declared late Monday, May 1, that they will launch an industrywide strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
PSAC workers trying to keep dry on the picket lines during a rainy Friday, April 21, 2023. (Matthew Claxton/Black Press Media)

LETTER: Maple Ridge PSAC worker struggles to survive on federal pay

Longtime civil servant lays out the math of her ‘cushy’ government job

  • Apr 29, 2023
PSAC workers trying to keep dry on the picket lines during a rainy Friday, April 21, 2023. (Matthew Claxton/Black Press Media)
Public Service Alliance of Canada members who are employees at the Canadian Grain Commission picket outside the Viterra Cascadia Terminal, in Vancouver, on Monday, April 24, 2023. The grain terminal handles wheat, durum, canola, barley, rye, oats and by-products that arrive by rail and are loaded on bulk carrier ships for export. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Treasury Board sends open letter to Canadians on talks with union amid ongoing strike

More than 100,000 of the union’s members walked off the job Wednesday

Public Service Alliance of Canada members who are employees at the Canadian Grain Commission picket outside the Viterra Cascadia Terminal, in Vancouver, on Monday, April 24, 2023. The grain terminal handles wheat, durum, canola, barley, rye, oats and by-products that arrive by rail and are loaded on bulk carrier ships for export. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found 1 in 10 B.C. workers were working jobs that were explicitly short-term or casual, and 17 per cent said their income could vary significantly week to week. (pixabay photo)

In B.C., precarious work is becoming the new normal: study

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looks at jobs without uncertain pay, hours or protection

A recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found 1 in 10 B.C. workers were working jobs that were explicitly short-term or casual, and 17 per cent said their income could vary significantly week to week. (pixabay photo)
PSAC workers and supporters picket in front of President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier’s office in Ottawa on Friday, April 21, 2023. One of Canada’s largest labour disruptions has entered a sixth day, as the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers looks to delay access to ports. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Public service union to picket at locations with more impact as strike enters Day 6

Sides exchanged offers during the weekend

PSAC workers and supporters picket in front of President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier’s office in Ottawa on Friday, April 21, 2023. One of Canada’s largest labour disruptions has entered a sixth day, as the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers looks to delay access to ports. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joins PSAC workers on a picket line in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Federal public-service strike lands in middle of political battle for working class

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has often been followed by crowds of people…

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joins PSAC workers on a picket line in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A PSAC worker holds a flag on a picket line in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Canada’s largest federal public-service union and the federal government remain at the bargaining table as workers strike and service disruptions begin to be felt across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Both union, government warn of major service disruptions as a result of strike

Strike involving 155,000 federal public servants one of the largest in Canadian history

A PSAC worker holds a flag on a picket line in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Canada’s largest federal public-service union and the federal government remain at the bargaining table as workers strike and service disruptions begin to be felt across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
PSAC workers and supporters walk a picket line in Halifax on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Federal departments and agencies have released a list of services that may be disrupted now that workers are on strike. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Federal workers are now on strike, here are the services that may be affected

More than 155,000 public servants across the country launched a strike Wednesday morning

PSAC workers and supporters walk a picket line in Halifax on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Federal departments and agencies have released a list of services that may be disrupted now that workers are on strike. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) demonstrate outside the Treasury Board building in Ottawa on Friday, March 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

No deal at union deadline; federal workers hit the picket lines as talks continue

Pickets expected to be set up this morning at more than 250 locations

Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) demonstrate outside the Treasury Board building in Ottawa on Friday, March 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
FILE - Striking writers walk the picket line outside Paramount Studios on Dec. 13, 2007, in Los Angeles. In an email to members Monday, April 17, 2023, leaders of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of voters said yes to a strike authorization if a new contract agreement is not reached with producers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

U.S. TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues

Writers Guild of America has 98% strike mandate, last strike happened in 2007

FILE - Striking writers walk the picket line outside Paramount Studios on Dec. 13, 2007, in Los Angeles. In an email to members Monday, April 17, 2023, leaders of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of voters said yes to a strike authorization if a new contract agreement is not reached with producers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)