Labor News

Grand Falls-Windsor, NL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador President Sherry Hillier is calling out the town of Grand Falls-Windsor today for terminating a long-standing employee for executing her right as a Canadian taxpayer to participate in local elections. This move follows the local issuing their notice to bargain. “Every citizen of Grand Falls-Windsor has the right to participate in and comment on local elections. Working for the town doesn’t suddenly take away that right,” s...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released its monthly Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans. During November, the PFI funded ratio edged up from 107.0% at the end of October to 107.1% as of November 30. A 1-basis-point rise in discount rates, to 5.34% in November, drove this result. It shaved $3 billion from plan liabilities and offset market returns of only 0.44%. As o...

EDMONTON, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the fall session of the Alberta Legislature set to end next week, it’s obvious that the United Conservative government will not be bringing in legislation called for in the judicial inquiry into a Calgary care worker’s death. In October 2019, Deborah Onwu, an employee of Woods Homes Society, was stabbed 19 times while working alone with Brandon Newman – then a resident of the society. Newman had complex needs, a history of violence, and assorted cognitive and...

SYDNEY, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will hold an information picket outside the Mayflower Mall in Sydney on Friday. They are gathering to raise awareness for bargaining, which aims to bring a nearly two-year expired contract up to date, and ask for support from the members of the public. WHAT: Demonstration and information picket WHEN: December 5, 2025, from 2 PM to 4 PM WHERE: 800 Grand Lake Road, Sydney (map) WHO: Lo...

GLACE BAY, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from Seaview Manor Home for Special Care, represented by CUPE 2094, voted 96% in favour of a strike mandate last week, joining the 18 other CUPE long term care locals who’ve taken similar strike votes in the past month. “We’re frustrated with this round of bargaining,” admitted CUPE 2094 President Allen Keeping. “We all heard Houston’s promises on the campaign trail, how he swore to fix health care and make life better for Nova Scotians, an...

CAPE BRETON, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3630, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate last week, demonstrating their resolve to fight for better wages and improved recruitment and retention initiatives for the sector. “As inspiring as it is to see my fellow long term care workers come together to fight for a better contract, the truth is that none of us want to be in this position,” exp...

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LucyRx, an independent pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) known for simplifying access to prescription care, has introduced the LucyRx Women’s Health Benefit, launching January 1, 2026. The life-stage program is among the first from an independent PBM to combine an expanded menopause formulary, AI-powered analytics, and dedicated women’s health support in a single solution. It is designed to support women during perimenopause and menopause and to close gaps in medica...

NEWNAN, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ATF Medical, a business specializing in medical equipment and supply that provides comprehensive, clinically based equipment and adaptive housing solutions to fulfill workers’ compensation claims, is proud to announce national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC), a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC Certification is the gold standard for women-owned...

EDMONTON, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A union representing over 40,000 Albertans is calling on Premier Danielle Smith to put the Forever Canada petition to a vote in the Legislature, rather than hold a referendum on the subject. The “Forever Canada” group was successful in collecting enough signatures on a petition calling for Alberta to remain in Canada to force the UCP government to respond to it. Provincial law says the government must either put the question to a province-wide referendum or hold a...

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from The Birches Nursing Home, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3199, voted 99% in favour of a strike vote last week, citing poor wages as their largest outstanding issue. “The ever-increasing cost of living in Nova Scotia has stretched everyone thin, and we aren’t any different,” said CUPE 3199 President Sherry Hutt. “My fellow members are struggling to make ends meet, to support their families or just themselves, and...