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U.S., U.K. delivery, ride-hailing drivers stop work on Valentine’s Day over pay, employee benefits

lbailey — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:00:31 +0000

Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine’s Day, calling for higher pay and other changes to their working conditions. In the U.S., Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers planned day-long strikes and held mid-day demonstrations at airports in several cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, […]

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Magna, Unifor agreement includes multiple benefits gains

Sadie Janes — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:00:27 +0000

After a five-day strike, the union representing 800 employees at Magna International Inc.’s Integram Seating factory in Windsor, Ont. has ratified a collective agreement that includes multiple benefits gains. The benefits gains include: vision coverage, from $250 every two years to $400; a rise in the basic annual dental maximum, from $1,600 to $1,900; an […]

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B.C. Transit’s Fraser Valley workers joining CAAT’s DBplus pension plan

lbailey — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:00:09 +0000

B.C. Transit’s Fraser Valley bus drivers are joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan. After a strike action that lasted 124 days earlier this year, the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 561 secured a new six-year contract agreement for its 213 members who work in the communities of Abbotsford, Agassiz-Harrison, […]

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UTE, CRA tentative agreement includes remote work protections, improved vacation

Sadie Janes — Fri, 05 May 2023 19:00:56 +0000

The Union of Taxation Employees and the Canada Revenue Agency have reached a tentative agreement that includes new protections around remote work and improved vacation. The tentative agreement, which ends a strike lasting more than two weeks involving 35,000 workers, has some of the same updates that were reached by the Public Service Alliance of Canada […]

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PSAC, government tentative agreement includes new protections around remote work, wage increases

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 01 May 2023 19:00:44 +0000

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the federal government have reached a tentative agreement for more than 120,000 workers, which includes new protections around remote work and wage increases. The tentative agreement, which ends a two-week strike, includes negotiated language that requires managers to assess remote work requests individually — not by group — and […]

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Federal workers striking over remote working, wages

bwolfe — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:00:24 +0000

Roughly 155,000 federal employees represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada are striking over remote working arrangements and wages. The union is seeking to maintain remote working arrangements for employees, noting the working arrangement has become a part of everyday life for many workers. “Our experience during [the coronavirus] pandemic has shown that public […]

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Custodial, maintenance workers at TMU striking over pension contribution increase

Sadie Janes — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:00:17 +0000

Custodial and maintenance workers at Toronto Metropolitan University represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees are striking after university administration failed to address the rising cost of living and issues with increased employee contributions to the defined benefit pension plan during negotiations. In 2021, the university unilaterally imposed an increase in pension contributions on […]

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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

bwolfe — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:00:35 +0000

An article on the strike by Ontario education workers was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. CUPE’s Ontario education workers striking for extended benefits, wage increases 2. Stellantis, Unifor agreement includes pension and retirement gains 3. Sounding Board: How employers can better support employees […]

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Glencore, USW agreement includes benefits gains, increased disability leave

bwolfe — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:00:25 +0000

The union representing employees at Glencore’s Raglan Mine in Nunavik, Que. has ratified an agreement that includes benefits gains and increases in paid disability leave. Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of the members of United Steelworkers Local 9449 voted in favour of the five-year agreement, which includes short-term disability coverage of 70 per cent of […]

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