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Category: Jobs and Employment
Heard: Tory MPP urges public hearings into proposed child care reform law
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Tackling stress suffered by police, firefighters and jail guards
The Labour Ministry will hold a conference in 2015 aimed at sharing the best ways to address the personal pressures faced by emergency services personnel while on the job. ...
Good Jobs Summit sets up roundtable to seek consensus
Good Jobs Summit creates new roundtable group to figure out how to promote training and partnerships to boost the economy. ...
Unifor workers on strike at Hamilton parts depot over tiered wages
Unifor has made clear its intentions to fight two-tiered wages across the Canadian auto sector, where new hires are paid less than established employees on a permanent basis. ...
St. Joseph union swap came down to numbers, not voter dissatisfaction
A vote by 1,400 workers at a London hospital to leave OPSEU in favour of Unifor was hardly surprising, according to Smokey Thomas, who says it went into the vote grossly outnumbered. ...
Province worried about pensioners, environment, objects to U.S. Steel loan proposal
The province is objecting to a loan proposal from U.S. Steel Canada, as it is concerned about the effect on employees, pensioners and the environment. ...
Small-business group wants Ottawa to let some TFWs stay
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business urges Ottawa to let thousands of temporary foreign workers stay in Canada while their applications for permanent residence are decided. ...
Happening: $8.4 million goes to 17 projects in Cochrane area
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Liberals defend pension plan against business-owners’ fears
Despite worried small-business owners, the Liberals are sure the timing is right for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. ...