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Labour Council Supporting Workers at Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services

March 6th, 2024  For Immediate Release Labour Council Supporting Workers at Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services OTTAWA – The Ottawa and District Labour Council is expressing support and solidarity for workers at the Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services located on Parkdale Avenue in Ottawa.  The 40 workers, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 454, recently voted overwhelmingly…

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women

On behalf of the OLC Women’s Committee Chair Good morning, Today, December 6th, 2023, marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.  It is a day to commemorate the 14 lives lost at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 as well as lives lost to femicide and gender-based violence throughout the year.  This year marks the 34th…

Bridgehead’s new policy to share tips with managers ‘doesn’t make any sense’: labour group

Including managers in tip pool renders minimum wage hike ‘moot,’ says barista Guy Quenneville · CBC News Baristas and shift supervisors at Ottawa’s Bridgehead coffeehouses who just got minimum wage boosts are being unfairly punished by a new policy that adds managers to their tip pools, a local labour group says. Sean McKenny, president of the Ottawa & District Labour Council,…

Jamaican migrant workers say they are treated like ‘animals’ in open letter under Canadian government review

article by CTV News The Jamaican government visited a number of Ontario farms last week after migrant workers claimed they were required to work “like animals” in an open letter currently under review by the Canadian government. The visits come on the heels of a tense season for migrant farmers in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program and shortly after a…

Hydro Workers rally outside city hall as strike enters its 12th week

About 150 striking Hydro Ottawa workers rallied outside City Hall Wednesday as their strike entered its 12th week. “It sucks,” was the blunt assessment of Mike Hall, a business representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a member of Local 636’s bargaining unit. Talks between the union and the city-owned power utility broke off on Aug. 23, but…

Workers at Hydro Ottawa could be on strike by the end of June 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMembers of Local 636 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workersat Hydro Ottawa are prepared to take strike action on June 26, 2023 at12:01am should the company fail to return to the bargaining table andnegotiate a fair settlement. On May 25, 2023 Hydro Ottawa issued a final offer which was rejected by81% of the membership. The members also…

Ontario Nurses’ Association organizing picket lines outside Ottawa hospitals calling for better wages

The ONA and the province are embroiled in negotiations for a new bargaining agreement for nurses in Ontario and are calling for better wages and addressing other concerns impacting healthcare across the province. The ONA and the province are embroiled in negotiations for a new bargaining agreement for nurses in Ontario and are calling for better wages and addressing other…