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Category: Jobs and Employment
Happening: Northeastern Ontario mental-health workers get tentative deal
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Farm groups urge swift passage of crop insurance bill
The committee was told that expanding the agricultural products that can be covered by production insurance is 'absolutely necessary' in a volatile marketplace ...
Heard: NDP MPP introduces bill banning executive-salary lieu payments
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Nurses’ union says health care can’t be ignored to reduce deficit
Ontario Nurses' Association vice-president Vicki McKenna says alarm bells are ringing for nurses as they expect more of the same in this year's budget ...
Heard: 100 workers from Sault Ste. Marie company join Steelworkers union
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Province takes heat from doctors and nurses over cuts
Patient care being jeopardized, unions and opposition charge, but Health Minister Eric Hoskins says 24,000 more nurses and 5,000 more doctors are working in the province than in 2003. ...
Heard: Contract talks between Unifor and Air Canada break down
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High school graduation rates edge up in 2014
Education Minister Liz Sandals and Premier Kathleen Wynne point to dramatic improvement in five-year graduation rate since Liberals took power: 84 per cent compared with 68 per cent in 2004 ...
Jaczek rejects calls for resignation after new SAMS report
Dismissing the latest progress report about the glitch-filled computer system as useless, the opposition calls for new leadership to oversee a 'bungled' file. ...