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Stittsville, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Friday, August 28, 2026, the workers at Granite Ridge Care Community are holding a rally to call out ongoing staffing shortages at the facility. The 300 workers, represented by CUPE Local 4540 provide care for residents of the facility. Granite Ridge is operated by Sienna Senior Living and is a for-profit home that has routinely underpaid and undervalued frontline workers to generate higher returns for shareholders. Rather than negotiating with the union and...

WAYNESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sixteen youth residents of programs operated by Wayne Halfway House Inc. have received their high school diplomas or the equivalent so far in 2026. Standing Tall Music City and Duck River Youth Center each have graduated five young people since the beginning of the year. Hollis Academy/Wayne Youth Academy graduated six youth in July, in a ceremony conducted in the newly constructed Michael Gymnasium. “Our mission is to care for, encourage and inspire each and...

TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Antares Nuclear, Inc., a nuclear fission energy company developing compact microreactors for critical missions, today announced the execution of a binding multi-year fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Standard Nuclear (NYSE: STDN). Under the FSA, Standard Nuclear will deliver up to eight MTUs of TRISO fuel to Antares through 2035. Antares will use the fuel to power its microreactors, which are engineered to provide safe, reliable, and resilient energy for fielde...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Antares announced today that it has been awarded an Other Transactions Authority agreement under the U.S. Army's Janus Program. The U.S. Army and Defense Innovation Unit selected Antares to own, construct, and operate nuclear microreactor power at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in support of the Army's energy resilience mission. The Army, the Defense Innovation Unit, and a panel of nuclear experts drawn from the Department of Energy, the national laboratories, and acro...

CALGARY, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WestJet flight attendants represented by CUPE 8125 have ratified their new collective agreement, with a 90.2% vote in favour of ratification. “This is a strong mandate from our members and recognition of the meaningful gains we made at the bargaining table,” said Alia Hussain, president of CUPE 8125. “This is only our second contract, and we made important progress, including making sure our members are compensated for more of the work they already do.” The agreeme...

CALGARY (Alberta)--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Les agent(e)s de bord de WestJet représentés par le SCFP 8125 ont ratifié leur nouvelle convention collective, avec 90,2 % des voix en faveur de la ratification. « Il s’agit d’une décision claire de la part de nos membres et d’une reconnaissance des gains significatifs obtenus à la table de négociation », a déclaré Alia Hussain, présidente du SCFP 8125. « Ce n’est que notre deuxième convention collective et nous avons réalisé des progrès importants, notamment...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Save Quartz Jobs coalition today announced its support for a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the quartz surface products (QSP) safeguard tariffs. The case raises fundamental questions about whether independent fabricators and other downstream businesses were properly considered before sweeping new import restrictions were imposed. The lawsuit was filed by Wisenbaker Builder Services, Elite Quartz Manufacturing, Arizona Tile, M...

MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--El Instituto Coordenadas para la Gobernanza y la Economía Aplicada advirtió este miércoles de que la suspensión de adjudicaciones de concesiones decidida por el Gobierno de Chile compromete una cartera superior a 8.000 millones de dólares ya adjudicada y alrededor de 95.000 empleos, además de quebrar la seguridad jurídica del que ha sido durante tres décadas el único modelo concesional exitoso de América Latina. Así lo sostiene en su informe especial 'Chile quiebra la s...

BALARUC, Francia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Por primera vez, importantes organismos federales de Estados Unidos comienzan a incorporar una nueva categoría de equipos de fuerza intermedia a sus procesos de adquisición. Esta alternativa ofrece a los agentes una opción entre la intervención verbal y niveles superiores de uso de la fuerza. NETFORCE considera que las empresas que se posicionen en esta etapa inicial podrán obtener una ventaja competitiva significativa a medida que esta categoría se extienda p...

BALARUC, Francia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Per la prima volta, le principali agenzie federali statunitensi stanno iniziando a strutturare le forniture attorno a una nuova categoria di equipaggiamento di forza intermedia, dando agli agenti un'ulteriore opzione tra la presenza verbale e livelli superiori di forza. NETFORCE ritiene che le aziende che si affermano in questa fase iniziale trarranno beneficio dal vantaggio significativo come primi arrivati, mentre questa categoria si espande a livello nazion...