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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The three nurse practitioners linked to a teenager’s overdose death and investigated for overprescribing narcotic medications could have their prescription pads back in hand.
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A tentative labor contract with Spokane firefighters was narrowly rejected Monday night by Spokane City Council members.
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VANCOUVER, BC-- - Lori McClenahan, President and CEO of St. Elias Mines Ltd. , announced today that the Company has retained additional personnel to expand its geological and administrative expertise with ...
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VANCOUVER, Wash. -- It was a December night, around the mid-1800s from the look of it, in a cozy candlelit parlor. I was eavesdropping on a teatime conversation between James Douglas, Fort Vancouver's chief trader, and Narcissa Whitman, another famed pioneer of the era. The topic: "country marriages." That was the euphemism of the day for pairings between local Native American women and the fort ...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A Vancouver, British Columbia, businessman was sent to jail for 60 days Tuesday for repeatedly exposing his demolition workers to asbestos.
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Labor Can Come Unexpectedly
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The city of Vancouver is seeking applicants for one vacancy on the Vancouver Public Facilities District (PFD) Board of Directors.
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VANCOUVER, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (NYSE: FSM - News) (TSX: FVI.TO - News) (BVL: FVI.TO - News) is pleased to announce 2011 production figures from the San Jose Mine located in Mexico and the Caylloma ...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - 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 its lagging operating performance. At a town hall-style meeting hosted by William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management in support of his proxy battle with CP ...
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