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Quebec public sector workers call for more strike days

Four powerful Quebec labour unions have formed a common front Quebec public sector union workers who walked off the job earlier this week have announced three...

Time for a closer look at the plight of substitute teachers in public schools

Into the new school year, in the throes of challenges to survival of English school boards, hidden monsters rear their ugly heads. Québec’s costly Education...

STL drivers working under pressure

STL whistleblower: Drivers have horrendous working conditions laced with abusive treatment and unbearable harassment by supervisors STL and City officials: This is nonsense Undoubtedly, urban bus...

Bank of Canada ignores inflation data and widens class divide, union head claims

The Bank of Canada’s decision to impose a quarter-point interest rate hike last week “willfully ignores inflation data, unfairly jeopardizes workers’ jobs and fails to address...

Mental patient escapes from Cité de la Santé psychiatry ward

The union representing workers at Cité de la Santé reports that a patient who was being held in the psychiatry ward and who had...

SWLSB asks Quebec for adequate school bus funding to avoid looming deficit

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board says that after a long series of negotiations, an agreement was finally reached last Friday with remaining...

Laval Fire Dept. reaches a strike force of historic proportions

In its 2021 annual report, the Service de sécurité incendie de Laval says it finally reached a strike force level of 10 firefighters in...

Mayor Boyer and Action Laval councillor agree on common goals

Laval mayor Stéphane Boyer and Action Laval city councillor for Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Paolo Galati say they have reached an understanding on two major dossiers affecting...

Construction industry’s underground economy steals billions every year

‘Time to stand up and speak out,’ says Canadian carpenters’ union president The United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) held its 2022 Tax Fraud Days of...

City of Laval makes Forbes list of Canada’s Best Employers

Officials with the City of Laval now have at least one more thing they can boast about to colleagues from other municipalities. On April 11,...