“Sold out – Natrel dairy product”. Consumers have encountered empty milk refrigerators in recent days due to the strike by 250 employees at the Saint-Laurent factory in Montreal, launched by the Agropur union last Monday. “Certain formats or products will not be available on shelves during the strike,” Mylène Dupéré, vice president of communications at … [Read more…]
On Monday, the Agropur union called for a strike affecting 250 employees at the Saint-Laurent factory in Montreal. • Also read: Mutual Aid for Striking Teachers: Approximately $28,000 in donations were distributed • Also read: Negotiations in the public sector: “The situation is serious, we should be in a blitzkrieg right now,” says Magali Picard … [Read more…]
The Air Transat flight attendants union is still negotiating with employers, accompanied by an arbitrator, to improve their working conditions and salaries. • Also read: Porter and Transat join forces • Also read: Air Transat flight attendants threaten to strike • Also read: The best and worst airlines Notably, the union representing 2,100 flight attendants … [Read more…]
With no pay, striking teachers are forced to find second jobs, including a Quebec teacher, a single parent of three teenagers who makes Doordash deliveries to make ends meet while also launching initiatives to help them to help reproduce. • Also read: Public Sector Strike: The Common Front takes stock at 11am. • Also read: … [Read more…]
Tens of thousands of public school teachers and support staff began a strike that lasted at least three days Tuesday morning. The majority of those who took to the streets to demand better wage conditions received no salary during these days of strike. • Also read: Government offer and union demands: Why the strike? • … [Read more…]
If the Legault government no longer has the means to pay public sector employees better, it is because of the money given to Quebecers, particularly through tax cuts and checks given to Quebecers before the last election , claim liberals and PQists. • Also read: Poll: Legault is aware that Quebecers are ‘angry’ with him … [Read more…]
School catering companies have been struggling in several regions of Quebec since the Autonomous Education Federation (FAE) strike began. Astronomical losses of income and sudden layoffs have characterized their everyday lives over the last five weeks. This is the reality of Midibouffe’s owners, Maria Perrotta and Joe Magri, who count 30 schools in Laval and … [Read more…]
Union Evolution: How Millennials Are Revitalizing the Labor Movement From Amazon workers to teachers to millennials in tech, unions are becoming increasingly popular. Here’s how unions came about and where they’re going. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY Anheuser-Busch union members are ready to strike. According to a press release from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters … [Read more…]
Strike at AGROPUR | At a time when consumers are angry that milk refrigerators have been empty for several days, Agropur union members have reached an agreement with their employer. • Also read: Agropur strike at the Saint-Laurent plant: Consumers are offended by empty milk refrigerators • Also read: Agropur: 250 employees go on strike … [Read more…]