Foodora courier fed up with delivery company’s efforts to put the brakes on unionization

Foodora workers’ push to unionize in the gig economy is “really just the first battle in a much bigger war,” says courier and union organizer Alex Kurth. This week, couriers …

Loblaw won’t face lawsuit over Bangladesh factory collapse after Supreme Court refuses to hear case

One of the country’s largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago. In a decision on Thursday, the …

Alberta’s Newly Elected Government Looks to the U.S. for Inspiration on Labor Law Reform

“In April, Alberta elected the right-wing United Conservative Party (UCP)to a majority government, ending the one term reign of the left-of-centre New Democratic Party (NDP). The UCP ran on a platform …

Government attack on workers’ rights will deny fair wages and benefits to contract faculty and already underpaid academic staff

 Ontario faculty are deeply concerned by the Ford government’s attempt to cap public sector compensation increases at one per cent per year. This legislation represents an attack on the right …

Small Gains & Big Risks: Evaluating the Proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

It is no surprise that calls to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) from some candidates in both US political parties resonated with so many Americans. Numerous studies …

Cleaner was employee and not independent contractor under Quebec statute, SCC rules

A cleaner who had a franchise agreement with a cleaning company was an employee and not an independent contractor pursuant to Quebec’s Act Respecting Collective Agreement Decrees, the Supreme Court …

Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec, 2019 SCC 28 (CanLII)

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that a cleaner who had a franchise agreement with Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. was an employee, not an independent contractor, under the Quebec Act Respecting …

Foodora Couriers Want to Be Among First Gig Economy Workers to Unionize in Canada

Ivan Ostos, a 23-year-old Foodora bike courier who was injured on the job in Toronto, is encouraging others to demand better protection for themselves, by being part of a union. …

Opinion: Domestic workers fall through cracks in Employment Standards Act

The work migrant caregivers do is difficult, and it is important. And the vast majority of these workers are racialized women. Thousands of British Columbian families rely on migrant workers …

Les employés des foyers de soins ne peuvent toujours pas faire la grève

La Cour d’appel du Nouveau-Brunswick a rendu sa décision : le droit de grève demeure interdit aux employés des foyers de soins du Nouveau-Brunswick, confirme Simon Ouellette, responsable des communications du …