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Signage outside an IBEW office in Winnipeg. (File photo by Dave Bedard)
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Arbitration leads to deal for CN signals staff

IBEW held 17-day strike in summer

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Canadian National Railway (CN) has labour peace with its signals and communications workers through to the end of 2024 coming out of binding arbitration. The 750-odd workers, represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11, had agreed to take their dispute with CN to arbitration in early July, ending a 17-day strike.
File photo of a BNSF grain train crossing the Gassman Coulee trestle near Minot, North Dakota. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)
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U.S. railroad strike averted

Biden calls deal a 'win for America;' strike's impact would have reached up into Canada

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Updated | Washington | Reuters — Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal on Thursday after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration to avert a rail shutdown that could have hit food and fuel supplies across the country and beyond. Biden called the deal a “big win for
If you combine an unpleasant job with low, and easily replaceable wages, you shouldn’t be shocked that you’re not exactly getting a lineup at the barn door.
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Editor’s Take: Poverty wages

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Much has been made of the agriculture labour shortage throughout the country. Committees have been struck, task forces created, reports authored and strategies presented. But it has been to no avail. The gap between open jobs and available workers just keeps growing. Lately, amidst the so-called ‘Great Resignation,’ this trend has appeared widely throughout the
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Comment: The rise of the once-silent, once-hidden food worker

Workers have more political capital than they’ve ever had and they know it

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Workers across the food supply chain are expressing concerns about their livelihood. Recently, workers at the online grocery retailer Instacart went on strike for better conditions and higher wages. Instacart is a symbol of the new gig economy in food – you use a phone app to have someone else pick up your groceries and
A three-year-old holds a protest sign ahead of a Dec. 2, 2015 meeting at Okotoks, Alta. between farmers and ranchers and Alberta’s then-ministers of labour and agriculture. (Photo: Reuters/Mike Sturk)

Consultations begin online for replacing Alberta’s Bill 6

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A new online survey and direct consultations this summer are expected to inform the new Alberta government’s plans to swap out its predecessor’s legislation on farm and ranch worker protection. Alberta’s governing United Conservatives — who made repeal and replacement of Bill 6 a core plank of their platform before unseating the NDP government back
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Ontario minimum wage increases concern farmers

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Changes to the way labour is regulated and paid for in Ontario will have detrimental effects on farm profitability, say farm organizations. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Labour Minister Kevin Flynn announced the changes this week, outlining the proposed legislation after a review of the acts that govern labour in Ontario was completed. The largest impact
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Voluntary guidelines recommend best practices for hiring youth

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association staff say guidelines are geared to employers 
but are also useful to anyone with young people working with them in ag worksites

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Now that the calendar has flipped to July, many teens get a job working on a neighbour’s farm or in some other agriculturally related job. While many bring their youthful energy and a ‘can do’ attitude to their workplace, they also think they’ll never get hurt and are indifferent to risk. When that youthful naiveté is

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