SOREL, Quebec — “After 10 years of service, I earn just $22.16 dollars [US$17] an hour,” Pascal Delisle said on the picket line in front of Ocean Towing Aug. 21. Eight members of United Steelworkers Local 9599 have been on…
MONTREAL — Two hundred Rolls-Royce Canada workers, who repair and overhaul aircraft engines, and their supporters marched and rallied at Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s office here Aug. 3 to protest the Quebec government giving millions of dollars in handouts to…
MONTREAL — Montreal Casino strikers, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3939, are into their third month on strike for pay raises large enough to counter the impact of soaring inflation and for safer working conditions. They told…
MONTREAL — A festive yet determined barbecue was held here June 29 to show solidarity with 530 engine repair workers locked out by Rolls-Royce bosses and with 300 striking bakery workers at Bridor on the south shore. Both are organized…
MONTREAL — After a lively two-week strike, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers officials decided July 5 to send the fight by some 750 Canadian National Railway signal and communications workers for higher wages and important changes in scheduling to binding…
MONTREAL — The National Assembly of Quebec adopted Law 96 on May 24, declaring French the province’s official common language and enforcing its use. Under the pretext of combating the “declining use of French,” the bill restricts the use of…
BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Nearly two months after being locked out in response to a walkout, over 300 Quebec Bridor bakery workers continue their fight for wage raises to cover the cost of living as prices soar, and for safer work…
Tens of thousands of Ontario construction workers in the housing and the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors have returned to work after winning significant wage increases through strike actions begun in May. Their goal has been to counter the galloping…
MONTREAL — Some 750 signal and communications workers, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, went on strike against the Canadian National Railway June 18 after negotiations broke down and the bosses demanded the union agree to submit unresolved…
MONTREAL — Over 500 dealers walked off the job at the Montreal Casino in their first strike ever, marching from the Ile Ste-Helene Metro station to the casino and setting up a large, loud and lively picket line May 21.…
