On October 7th, BCTGM Local 264 (Toronto) held a day of union generosity to provide members formerly employed by Delโs Pastry with union foods to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. Delโs Pastry was destroyed by a fire on June 15th. According to BCTGM Canadian Vice President Ron Piercey, the party last...
BCTGM Canadian Region International Vice President Ron Piercey and International Representative/Organizer Karl Walker accompanied members of Local 264 (Toronto, Ontario) for an informational picket outside the Mondelez facility in Toronto. The group distributed fliers on how to follow and support th...
During the 2015 election, Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberalsย campaigned to close a $750 million tax loophole used by CEOs and other “high-income Canadiansโ as a way to target wealthy tax dodgers and balance the budget. However, six months after taking office,ย the Liberals have broken thei...
This is a cross-post byย Angella MacEwen, an ย Economist at Canadian Labour Congress and a Broadbent Policy Fellow. The Alberta government has done it. On October 1st, the minimum wage increased by one dollar to $12.20 per hour, making it the highest provincial, but not territorial, minimum wage in Ca...
(CBC News/ June 17) The Alberta Federation of Labour wants the NDP to keep its promise to raise Alberta’s minimum wage to $15 by 2018 despite backlash from the business sector.ย On Friday, the groupย launched the “15 is Fair” campaign in Edmonton at the Local Omnivore, a restaurant ...
