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.…
BURNABY, British Columbia — Hotel workers at the Hilton Metrotown here, who had been fighting a lockout by the bosses for 391 days, voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract May 11. The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 40,…
Over 7,000 residential and commercial drywall workers downed their tools, joining the ongoing strike of 36,000 Ontario construction workers. This brings the total on strike as of May 14 to 43,000. They are fighting for higher wages in face of…
MONTREAL — Some 530 strikers at the Rolls-Royce aircraft engine maintenance plant here rejected another company “final offer” by a vote of 94% at a well-attended union meeting May 11. The workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions…
Over 15,000 Ontario construction workers went on strike May 1, paralyzing the high- and low-rise home-building industry across the Canadian province. The central issue is the need for adequate wage increases to deal with the impact of skyrocketing inflation on…
TORONTO — Over 1,500 dump truck drivers in the Greater Toronto Area ended their six-week strike May 1, when they reached agreement with area bosses to set a standard hourly rate of 120 Canadian dollars ($93) an hour for bulk…
TORONTO — A tribute was held here April 17 to Reza Baraheni, a leader of the fight for political and artistic freedom in Iran and one of its most prominent poets, novelists and literary critics. Baraheni died in March at…
MONTREAL — “We’ll stay out as long as we need to,” to force the excavation bosses to sign a contract, Jasvir Dhaliwal told the Militant April 16. Some 1,500 truck drivers who have been out on strike in the Greater…
MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…
