Tag: Unions
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Federal Public Servants Brace for Job Cuts in the New Year
Overview: A Quiet Start to a Potential Wave of Reductions As federal employees prepare to return from holiday breaks, many are bracing for announcements about workforce reductions. The coming year is expected to bring job cuts in several departments, with agencies like Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Employment and…
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Unions Challenge Windhoek Country Club Medical Report Policy
Overview: Unions oppose full medical reports for sick leave Workers’ unions in Namibia are signaling strong opposition to a policy at the Windhoek Country Club that requires employees to disclose their illnesses when submitting sick leave. The unions argue that demanding full medical reports from staff constitutes an invasion of privacy and an abuse of…
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Unions in Namibia Push Back on Full Medical Reports for Sick Leave
Background: Policy sparks privacy concerns Workers’ unions in Namibia are publicly challenging a Windhoek Country Club policy that requires employees to disclose their illnesses when submitting sick leave. The unions argue that demanding full medical reports constitutes an unreasonable invasion of privacy and an abuse of managerial authority. The dispute was prompted by a petition…
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Alberta Nursing Care Workers Reach Tentative Deal Ending Strike Standoff
Introduction: A Long Negotiation Hurts Patients, Not Just Schedules When a labour dispute disrupts essential services, the effects ripple through communities. In Alberta, the tentative deal reached to end the strike by nursing and care staff underscores how critical frontline healthcare workers are to the daily functioning of the system. The negotiations, long and intricate,…
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Negotiations Update: Canada Post Reaches Agreements in Principle for Both Bargaining Units
Overview of the Negotiations After more than two years of intensive negotiations, Canada Post and representatives of the two postal bargaining units have announced agreements in principle. The development marks a significant milestone in the long-running talks, signaling that both sides have aligned on the core terms of what a final collective agreement could look…
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Wes Streeting vs the Toxic Union: Britain’s Health Debate
Introduction: a clash at the heart of NHS reform The political narrative around the National Health Service in Britain has rarely been more combustible. At the center of the current controversy is Wes Streeting, the Labour Health Secretary, who has found himself in a broader clash with what journalists and commentators have described as one…
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Wes Streeting vs the most toxic union in Britain
Background: a government at odds with the medical establishment The clash between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Britain’s medical unions has intensified debates over the future of the National Health Service (NHS). In recent weeks, Streeting publicly urged members of the British Medical Association (BMA) to “pick a side” between Labour and Reform, framing the…
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Starbucks Workers Strike for First Union Contract and Boycott Call Across the U.S.
Overview: A Nationwide Labor Action Hundreds of Starbucks workers across more than 25 U.S. cities are walking off the job as part of a coordinated effort to press for a first union contract. The strikes come amid stalled negotiations between the company and labor organizers seeking wage guarantees, scheduling fairness, benefits, and safer working conditions.…
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Whatever it takes: Starbucks workers strike and call for boycott across the US
Overview: A Growing Labor Action at Coffee Chain Stores Hundreds of Starbucks workers across more than 25 cities in the United States planned to walk off the job in a coordinated strike on a pivotal day for the coffee chain. The action comes amid protracted negotiations with the company over a first union contract, with…
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Canada Post Strikes: What’s Next for Deliveries
Ongoing Rotating Strikes Reframe Canada Post’s Timeline For more than a month, Canada Post workers have been involved in rotating strikes that have disrupted regular mail and parcel delivery across the country. The action, launched by the national postal workers’ union, follows stalled contract negotiations with the Crown corporation’s employers. As businesses and consumers adapt,…