GDI Services, the multi-million-dollar company that is contracted by the Department of Defence to provide cleaning services at Petawawa’s Canadian Forces Base. After months of frustrating negotiations, GDI Services has refused to address many of the concerns raised by its workers, including the loss of their paid sick leave due to the rollback of the…
Veterans deserve dignity and respect in the workplace. PSAC Local 818 are on strike because: Inadequate wage increases and uniform allowance Lack of paid sick leave Lack of respect & dignity 1% is not enough Picketing location: Royal Military College of Canada 13 General Crerar Crescent Kingston, ON K7K 7B4 For more information, click here.…
Press release: Sudbury Home Care Workers Locked Out by CarePartners “Rather than negotiate a fair collective agreement, CarePartners is trying to bully its employees into accepting a contract that doesn’t address serious workplace concerns,” said Mike Scott, Staff Representative with the United Steelworkers, representing the locked-out employees. USW Local 2020 represents about 30 employees at…
For more information, click here. With contract negotiations at an impasse, Ontario’s 12,000 unionized plumbers and steamfitters are headed for their first strike in more than three decades. The Ontario Pipe Trades Council was hopeful they would see some movement on the position taken by the Mechanical Contractors Association of Ontario (MCAO), but the management…
Sheet Metal Workers’ & Roofers’, 4,000 members are on rotating strike in Ontario. Learn more here.