TORONTO/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian labor relations are getting ugly as companies look to cut costs inflated by a strong Canadian dollar and workers seek to reap rewards from a relatively strong domestic economy. The battle is in focus thanks to two high-profile lockouts by companies seeking concessions, including pay cuts, from unionized workers. It will broaden once talks start later this ...
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TORONTO, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- City and union negotiators Sunday reached a tentative contract agreement averting a strike by 6,000 Toronto municipal workers, the two sides announced.
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* No labor talks scheduled * Rio wants more contract workers at Alma * Ramps up restart of full operations at Shawinigan smelter TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's lockoutof workers at its Alcan division's ...
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(Reuters) - The fun and games of the National Hockey League's All-Star weekend turned serious Saturday as league commissioner Gary Bettman and player's union chief Donald Fehr danced around questions about a looming labor war. With the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) set to expire on September 15, NHL owners and the players association (NHLPA) have been quietly preparing the ...
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Hunter Harrison, the former railroad boss that an activist investor wants to take charge of Canadian Pacific Railway , said on Monday CP has to transform its complacent company culture if it wants to improve ...
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* No labor talks scheduled * Rio wants more contract workers at Alma * Ramps up restart of full operations at Shawinigan smelter (Adds background, details on foreign takeovers) TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) ...
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Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke took his lumps for three years while the Maple Leafs missed the playoffs, and howls could be heard from the Centre of the Hockey Universe. Fans bristled at his approach, whined about the coach and wondered if an American could ever make it right.
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TORONTO, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A confidential internal report for two large Canadian unions considering a merger says organized labor must change with the times or face marginalization.
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TORONTO, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A confidential internal report for two large Canadian unions considering a merger says organized labor must change with the times or face marginalization.
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BOSTON — The hidden yet critical benefit to both the NHLPA and the peace process resulting from Friday’s agreement — under which the NHL has agreed to allot an additional $20 million in hockey-related revenue to the players for 2010-11 and an additional designated $20 million for this year following challenges...
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