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Toronto hospitals have been outsourcing more and more nursing jobs to agencies. A new ruling against Unity Health could change that The operator of St. Michael’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Providence Healthcare argued it was allowed to contract out nursing jobs, but the arbitrator disagreed.

Toronto hospitals have been outsourcing more and more nursing jobs to agencies. A new ruling against Unity Health could change that. @thestar.com

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Amazon is quitting Quebec to ‘shock and awe’ workers worldwide ⋆ The Breach The corporate giant feared a ‘breakthrough’ after Quebec workers unionized and were set to secure the first collective agreement in the world

“What sets the Laval case apart from unionization drives in other parts of the world is a unique provision in Quebec’s labour code: employers are legally required to reach a first collective agreement with a union, once it exists.”

Amazon is leaving Quebec to avoid a collective agreement.

Toronto hospital’s use of RPNs, PSWs from staffing agencies breached collective agreement: Arbitrator | HR Law Canada Hospital found to have contracted in agency staff, breaching union deal. Arbitrator says on-site control made RPNs and PSWs effectively Hospital employees.

Toronto hospital’s use of RPNs, PSWs from staffing agencies breached collective agreement: Arbitrator

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The Union Scores a Big Win in Starbucks Battle | The Tyee The labour board rules workers in different locations can bargain toward one contract covering them all.

The union organizing some B.C. Starbucks coffee shops scored a big win at the BC Labour Relations Board, which ruled Thursday that workers at multiple locations could be in one bargaining unit.

@isaacphannay.bsky.social's first piece as labour reporter for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

If your administrative body is not holding hearings over the holidays, maybe go the extra step and not require submissions from counsel during this period either.

UBC faculty members speak out in support of instructor who says he was let go for pro-Palestine activism UBC faculty say the instructor's dismissal demonstrates an “alarming erosion of free expression at UBC.”

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New Post: An Ontario court quietly issued a decision last week that returns us to a by-gone era of ex parte injunctions & secondary picketing treated as "illegal per se".

Curious, cuz the SCC ruled in 2002 that era was dead.

"The End of Secondary Picketing, Again?

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BTW, pay attention to how incredibly fast a business can get before a court & get an order banning labour picketers.

Judge learned about picketing at 5 pm. By 7:30 pm, an injunction was granted with no notice to union or picketers.

Justice moves quicker for some than others.

Ontario nurses call for patient caps to fix staffing crisis Nursing leaders met in Ottawa this week to talk about nurse-to-patient ratios, something they say will help reduce burnout and shortages.

Story in the Ottawa Citizen 'Nursing leaders met in Ottawa this week to talk about nurse-to-patient ratios, something they say will help reduce burnout and shortages' bit.ly/497cSg0

Canada Post Workers Are Fighting An Employer-Led Race To The Bottom Like other labour battles in the public sector, the CUPW strike is about more than the interests of postal workers.

CUPW is fighting a corporate race to the bottom. www.readthemaple.com/canada-post-...

The document said that, as of this year, there is a need for 13,200 additional nurses and 37,700 personal support workers in Ontario.

Ontario missed interim target for providing hands-on care to LTC residents, document shows The province says it has since reached its goal for the 2023-24 fiscal year, but that happened outside of the time frame the Progressive Conservative government set out in a 2021 law

Ontario failed to meet its own legislated target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a newly updated document shows. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #LTC #eldercare

Strike vote at Quebec Hydro. montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/22/h...

Workers at Canada Post Are On Strike. Here’s What Postal Workers Are Fighting For. Postal workers say they are fighting to protect pensions, improve working conditions and push for higher wages that keep pace with inflation

My latest: Workers at Canada Post Are On Strike. Here’s What Postal Workers Are Fighting For.

Postal workers say they are fighting to protect pensions, improve working conditions and push for higher wages that keep pace with inflation
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Planning the obsolescence of Canada Post There is an unwillingness to entertain a future in which Canada Post’s role can evolve to serve the needs of Canadians. The degradation of delivery work by Amazon is accepted as a fait accompli, inste...

“We should want to take advantage of the post office’s unique, nationwide infrastructure to provide more and better services to Canadians instead of dismantling something that we may never be able to rebuild.”

@parismarx.com on the future of #CanadaPost:

Westheimer: Pending uOttawa strike is about much more than money When universities prioritize financial interests over educational ideals, strikes and protests are one tool for fighting back.

Excellent column on the recent resounding strike vote by faculty at the University of Ottawa:

"A strike is...a chance to reinvigorate the debate about what universities are, and what they should be."

#academicsky @munfaculty.bsky.social @profsavage.bsky.social

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The Federal Government Has Crushed Another Pair Of Strikes What is a Charter-protected right to strike worth if it still allows governments to act this way?

What is a Charter-protected right to strike worth if it still allows governments to act this way?