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Algeria: Free jailed trade unionist Ali Mammeri now Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

After just one week, 3,205 trade unionists from around the world have supported our online campaign. We need many more to free our brother Ali. Please sign up and share this in your union - thank you! bit.ly/free-ali-mam...

Support May Day 2026 LabourStart Fundraiser for LabourStart's campaigning activities and its news service. This fundraiser is organised by LabourStart, the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement. Founded in 1998, LabourStart is also a community of over 100,000 trade unionist...

What will you wear on May Day 2026? LabourStart’s best-selling t-shirt returns — this year in black! Order yours today to make sure you get it in time. www.customink.com/fundraising/...

Union coalition forms to urge Winnipeg mayor, province to act on downtown safety concerns | CBC News Safety concerns in downtown Winnipeg have led seven unions to form a coalition to urge the mayor and the province to do more.

CANADA: Unions form coalition to urge mayor, province to act on downtown safety concerns www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Government Denies Unpaid Work Exists In Canadian Airlines The federal unpaid work study has largely validated a compensation structure flight attendants struck to overturn.

"Last month’s lacklustre arbitrated wage settlement left workers with pay rates they already voted to reject. Now, the unpaid work probe has largely validated a compensation structure that flight attendants struck to overturn." #canlab #canpoli

www.readthemaple.com/government-d...

CN ordered to reinvest in Transcona and restore union rail work WINNIPEG – Unifor has won a major arbitration ruling ordering CN to reinvest in the Transcona Wheel Shop, compensate affected workers and return rail work to in-house production in Canada after violat...

#Unifor has won a major arbitration ruling ordering CN to reinvest in #Transcona, restore union rail work, and compensate affected workers. The award includes Wheel Shop modernization, at least 20 new jobs, and more in house work kept in #Canada. www.unifor.org/news/all-new... #canlab #cdnpoli

34th Annual Labour Fair in Toronto – March 23-27, 2026 Join us for the 34th Annual Labour Fair at George Brown Polytechnic (GBP). Under this year’s theme, “Building a Working Peoples’ City” (March 23rd-March 27th, 2026), Labour Fair 2026 offers an excitin...

The week-long Labour Fair at George Brown Polytechnic, March 23-27 in Toronto, profiles the labour movement and other social justice movements to students and the rest of the George Brown community and partner post-secondary institutions.
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Personal support worker murdered in LaSalle was working alone; union wants more protections In wake of Nancy Grewal homicide, health sector union calls for better protections for personal support workers who make lone home visits.

CANADA: Personal support worker murdered in LaSalle was working alone; union wants more protections windsorstar.com/news/local-n...

CANADA: International Women’s Day – Equity Must Be Structural cmg.ca/news/interna...

Canada’s labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI Canada’s labour laws and EI system haven’t kept pace with AI and technological change, leaving workers to shoulder growing economic risk.

CANADA: Country's labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/03/ai-l...

"Project labour agreements and community benefit agreements are proven tools that help ensure large, complex projects are completed efficiently, safely and with a guaranteed supply of highly trained and qualified workers."
bcbuildingtrades.org/bc-building-...

“We commend LG Energy Solution for its versatility in pivoting to maintain production in a changing marketplace & for its ongoing commitment to Cdn workers – the wonderful Unifor members employed right here in Windsor,” said @lanapayne.bsky.social at official opening of NextStar EV battery plant.

HONDURAS: PBI-Canada and PBI-Honduras meet with the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) in Tegucigalpa pbicanada.org/2026/03/04/p...

Prosecutors Seek $1-Million Fine in Rare Worker Fatality Case | The Tyee A BC construction firm was convicted of criminal negligence after Jeff Caron was crushed on the job.

CANADA: Prosecutors Seek $1-Million Fine in Rare Worker Fatality Case www.thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Algeria: Free jailed trade unionist Ali Mammeri now Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

Algeria: Free jailed trade unionist Ali Mammeri now bit.ly/free-ali-mam...

New Photo of the Week at www.LabourStart.org

25 February was the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Tucapel Jiménez Alfaro, leader of the Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF) by agents of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE).

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Luiz Eduardo Azmitia, economics prof at Capilano U, talks about Honduras, CODEMUH, the women’s collective there, and Canadian company Gilden’s role in that country at CoDev’s (CoDevelopment Canada) 7th Int'l Solidarity Conference in Vancouver on Saturday.
Thanks to CoDev for inviting LabourStart.

Unifor calls on N.S. government to respect court ruling on unconstitutional Bill 148 HALIFAX – Unifor is welcoming a landmark decision from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court declaring Bill 148, the Public Services Sustainability (2015) Act, unconstitutional. Bill 148 has been found to vio...

Unifor is calling on Premier Tim Houston to respect today’s ruling from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and not appeal Bill 148 after it was declared unconstitutional.

SFU Contract Workers Sounded the Alarm on Abuse. Nothing Changed | The Tyee Workers, faculty and students have called on the university to bring workers in-house for years.

For years, contract workers at SFU have complained of bullying & harassment and workload issues. One janitor even died on the job. Despite organized advocacy from SFU faculty and staff to bring the workers in-house, nothing has changed. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

The Union That Doesn’t Like Confrontation The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) prefers to work with, not against, employers. So what happens when workers want something different?

CANADA: The Union That Doesn’t Like Confrontation pressprogress.ca/clac-christi...

Long-time staff member at Brock University shaken after new wave of layoffs A long-time Brock University staff member said she was being let go, weeks after union representatives said the school was laying off more support staff workers. The school told CHCH News that fewer t...

Long-time staff member at #BrockUniversity shaken after new wave of layoffs

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#canlab #onpse

Pink shirt and BCFED logo

Today is #PinkShirtDay, when we take a collective stand against bullying and harassment. It began in response to the homophobic bullying of a young boy at school. The focus today is still on schools, but bullying and harassment happen in workplaces everywhere. And they can do real, lasting damage.

Brampton Council locks in auto assembly zoning for Stellantis plant BRAMPTON, Ont.—Today, Unifor welcomed the news that the Mayor of Brampton and the City Council moved and unanimously adopted a motion to protect the future of the Stellantis Brampton assembly plant th...

Unifor welcomes a unanimous decision by Brampton’s Mayor & City Council to protect the future of the Stellantis Brampton Assembly Plant by formally zoning the site for auto assembly production. A strong step to defend jobs and keep auto manufacturing in Brampton. www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

Solidarity with Cuba | Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress strongly condemns the U.S. government’s aggression toward Cuba. We stand in solidarity with the Cuban people and workers as U.S. policy puts their very survival at risk. T...

“The Canadian Labour Congress strongly condemns the U.S. government’s aggression toward Cuba. We stand in solidarity with the Cuban people and workers as U.S. policy puts their very survival at risk.”
@canadianlabour.bsky.social #CanLab #Cuba #CdnFp #CdnPoli

canadianlabour.ca/solidarity-w...

Violence in schools: What a theatre project reveals about misogyny and teacher safety UK initiative is uses interactive theatre to address the influence of misogynistic online spaces

CANADA: Violence in schools: What a theatre project reveals about misogyny and teacher safety www.thesafetymag.com/ca/news/gene...

Steelworkers Plan Parallel Trip to Mexico During Labour-Excluded “Team Canada” Trade Mission The Canadian-American labour delegation to Mexico includes representatives of the USW, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center.

NORTH AMERICA: Steelworkers Plan Parallel Trip to Mexico During Labour-Excluded “Team Canada” Trade Mission mexicosolidarity.com/steelworkers...

AI scanners at Health Sciences Centre detected more than 1,500 weapons last year | CBC News More than 1,500 weapons were detected by scanners at the doors of Manitoba's biggest hospital over an eight-month period last year, including more than 300 at the entrance to the Children's Hospital, ...

CANADA: AI scanners at Health Sciences Centre detected more than 1,500 weapons last year www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

International trade union delegations blocked from entering Palestine - LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net. In the last three weeks, two high-level delegations of trade union leaders from around the world were blocked by Israeli authorities from entering the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank).&nbs...

Union leaders have been blocked from entering Palestine. We talked to the general secretaries of BWI and EI — who were there — to find out what happened. Essential listening - please share widely. www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...

Tumbler Ridge shooting: unions highlight need for school safety, mental health supports Local employer remembers young victim on Facebook, while union leader says, 'Safety in our schools cannot be an afterthought'

CANADA: Tumbler Ridge shooting: unions highlight need for school safety, mental health supports www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/...

Ottawa needs more data to probe claims of unpaid work at airlines: minister OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says her department needs more information from air carriers and unions to settle recent allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector.

Ottawa investigates the issue of unpaid work and can't decide. They couldn't have come up with a more ineffective response.
www.thestar.com/business/can...