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Category: Jobs and Employment
Seen: OPSEU wants meeting with Jaczek over layoffs
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Heard: Province launches Youth Job Connection program
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Heard: CanJet Airlines shuts down operations
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No link seen between teachers’ salaries, student performance
A study by David Johnson for the C.D. Howe Institute finds no clear relationship between province-wide test results and teacher compensation in six provinces. ...
Heard: After-hours workers reject CAS offer, strike continues
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Union president to press health minister on resolving home-care strike
Smokey Thomas wants Eric Hoskins to intervene in the months-long strike of CarePartners’ nurses in Niagara Region and Norfolk County, where nurses are seeking hourly pay. ...
Happening: CUPE education workers plan job action
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Heard: Justice Marc Rosenberg of Court of Appeal of Ontario dies
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Lead by example – hire people with disabilities, province told
Partnership Council on Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities recommends a cabinet minister be appointed to develop a pan-ministry strategy to bring more people with disabilities on board. ...
Heard: AIDS workers in North Bay ratify tentative deal
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Happening: WSIB keeping premium rates steady in 2016
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Canadian Medical Association gives support to Ontario doctors
At the annual general meeting in Halifax, three motions put forward by the Ontario Medical Association were backed by the CMA, including a call for a binding dispute resolution mechanism. ...
Tentative deal reached with Catholic teachers’ union
Two down, three to go - agreement is second in less than a week in province's education sector; Catholic teachers' work-to-rule campaign suspended during ratification period. ...
Happening: Ontario Nurses’ Association launches ad campaign
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Seen: CUPE in mediated talks at Algoma CAS next week
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Seen: Portuguese food company sets up Canadian HQ in Kingston
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Heard: Grant to help create 70 auto-part jobs in Belleville
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Deal reached for Ontario high school teachers
Premier Kathleen Wynne says each contract is negotiated separately, but getting the first tentative agreement at the central table is a 'very good thing' ...
Happening: Talks resume in Toronto CAS labour dispute
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Heard: Province to help 3M Canada expand
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Happening: CUPE gets new deal for AIDS workers in North Bay
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Heard: Canadian workers of American Airlines-US Airways join United Steelworkers
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Happening: ETFO to hold annual meeting next week ahead of new talks with province
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Heard: Mediated arbitration for OMA referred to special committee
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Happening: Province expands summer program for at-risk youth
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PSWs expected to receive wage hike by the end of August
Health Minister Eric Hoskins said the wage cap for those making $19 an hour or more comes after the province took a hard look at the program after its first year. ...
Sandals senses ‘a good feeling’ for labour peace in schools
The education minister says deals could be reached by the time school starts back up because there have already been some agreements reached in certain contracts with teachers' unions. ...
Seen: Province provides grant for eastern Ontario plastics plant
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Catholic teachers back at the bargaining table this week
OECTA president Ann Hawkins said a deal could be reached by the time school starts depending on the tone of the negotiations. ...
Seen: Unionized cab drivers locked out at Ottawa airport
Unionized cab drivers were locked out Tuesday at the Ottawa airport. The drivers, members of Unifor Local 1688, have been in a legal strike position since Aug. 1 in a dispute over dispatch fees. The union said the ...
Local deal reached for Durham high school teachers
The Durham District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation District 13 are implementing the interim award of an arbitration panel. ...
Seen: Firan, aerospace workers sign four-year labour deal
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As national recession looms, Ontario’s job growth stagnates
It's looking more and more likely Canada is in a recession, but Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid insisted Ontario is still on track for steady growth in 2015. ...
Happening: Summer legal aid caseworkers join OPSEU
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Happening: Mike Harris joins fiduciary board of directors
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Heard: Algoma CAS workers at impasse in contract talks
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Heard: Unifor goes to court to seek back wages for B.C. truckers
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Unifor: Government cash alone won’t secure jobs at Toyota
Unifor economist Jim Stanford says protecting 8,000 jobs at Ontario's Toyota plants relies on what new vehicles will be produced in the province with the shift of Corolla production to Mexico. ...
Seen: Feds grant $950,00 to GTA food processor
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Seen: Toyota set to receive $100 million in provincial, federal investments
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Happening: Teamsters, Garda reach new contract for 92 Edmonton airport workers
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Ontario accuses Ottawa of playing politics by ‘obstructing’ ORPP
Finance and associate finance ministers ask the federal government to reconsider its stance not to allow province to enter into a service agreement with Canada Revenue Agency. ...
Seen: Minacs expands Hamilton call centre, adds 450 jobs
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Ontario medical students warn of fewer residency spots
In a joint statement with the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, the Ontario Medical Students Association says the government will cut funding for 50 residency positions by 2017. ...
Heard: Ottawa spends $1.1 million on Cobourg high tech firms
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Happening: CUPE education workers file for conciliation
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Seen: Steelworkers ratify two contracts at snacks plant
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Essar Steel Algoma gets $60-million shot in the arm
Ottawa, Ontario provide $60 million to help Sault Ste. Marie company modernize its operations. ...
Teachers’ dispute: Resumption of bargaining a possibility
Premier Kathleen Wynne called a private meeting on Friday with the unions and the school boards to stress the need to negotiate and said she came away pleased that 'no one said a deal was impossible.' ...
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