Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, a day after his government intervened to end a medical workers strike, called out their employer and suggested he may de-privatize lab testing.
Several hundred workers who carry out medical diagnostic testing in Manitoba hit the picket lines in a provincewide strike Tuesday morning, but by the end of the day were ordered back to work.
The union representing thousands of Canada Post workers on rotating strike wants the federal government to butt out of bargaining as negotiators prepare to head back to the table with the employer for the first time in nearly a month.
WINNIPEG — University of Manitoba faculty has set a bargaining deadline, warning a strike could begin on March 10 without an agreement.
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals has set a strike deadline for allied health workers across the province.
As the Canada Post strike involving more than 55,000 workers neared the end of its 25th day, the postal service warned that a speedy resolution is unlikely.
The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended accepting mail headed to Canada due to the strike by Canada Post workers.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said Thursday the federal government has asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to end the lockout at the country’s two biggest rail companies, ordering a return to work and imposing binding arbitration.
Tens of thousands of Canadian airline passengers were left scrambling Saturday after a sudden strike by unionized airline mechanics at WestJet resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights by the country’s second largest carrier.
WINNIPEG — Meter readers and inspectors at Manitoba Hydro could hit the picket line as early as next month.
Custodians working in the Seine River School Division have reached a new tentative agreement with their employer.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Public Insurance employees will be back on the job Friday after accepting their employer’s tentative agreement.
