Tag archives for union

10 Mar by admin in Money

Vale Inco strikers urged to reject offer

Vale Inco strikers urged to reject offer
Strikers at two Vale Inco operations in Ontario will vote to reject the company's latest offer, predicts an official with their union, the United Steelworkers.
8 Mar by admin in Money

AbitibiBowater, union reach deal

AbitibiBowater, union reach deal
AbitibiBowater and the union representing most of the newsprint maker's Canadian workers have reached a tentative deal that could allow the company to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
26 Feb by admin in Money

Google warned by EU over Street View photos

Google warned by EU over Street View photos
European Union data privacy regulators are telling Google to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps.
10 Feb by admin in Top Stories

Ontario college teachers vote too close to call

Ontario college teachers vote too close to call
Ontario college teachers have voted 51 per cent in favour of a proposed contract offer Wednesday, in results the union says are too close to call.
9 Feb by admin in Canada

Union rep calls for safety changes at chopper inquiry

Union rep calls for safety changes at chopper inquiry
A spokesman for the union representing most offshore oil workers in Newfoundland fears there will be another helicopter crash at some point.
3 Feb by admin in Money

Xstrata workers ratify 3-year contract

Xstrata workers ratify 3-year contract
Workers for a mining operation in Sudbury, Ont., have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a three-year collective agreement that provides them "major gains," according to their union.
29 Jan by admin in Canada

Colleges urge OPSEU to let faculty vote on offer

Colleges urge OPSEU to let faculty vote on offer
Ontario’s 24 colleges have issued a fresh appeal to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union to let faculty vote on a final contract offer.
27 Jan by admin in Top Stories

Obama speech to address voter anger

Obama speech to address voter anger
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday President Barack Obama hopes to use his State of the Union message to "outline a hopeful track for our future."
25 Jan by admin in Money

EU to investigate iron ore giants

EU to investigate iron ore giants
European Union regulators say they will investigate whether plans by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to combine some operations could damage competition.
18 Jan by admin in Health, Top Stories

N.S. health workers walk out

N.S. health workers walk out
More than 4,000 health-care workers around Nova Scotia are on strike, though talks continue and their union has received a contract proposal.