Labor News

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UNITE HERE released an updated analysis today of Columbia Sussex Corporation (CSC) for lenders and CMBS bondholders, following previous accounts of CSC’s history with foreclosures and asset maintenance. The report also provides a snapshot of property conditions at the Hilton Anchorage, whose loan matures in March 2027 and is cross-collateralized with the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport, with a more in-depth report on the Hilton Anchorage to follow. Highlights fr...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Workers at Oxfam Canada represented by CUPE 2722 are facing a strike deadline this Thursday after negotiations failed to produce movement from the employer on key workplace protections and compensation issues that union members say are consistent with Oxfam’s publicly stated values. Despite Oxfam’s values of fighting inequality and patriarchy to end poverty and injustice, the organization has refused to support important collective agreement provisions in its own workpl...

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Industrial (NYSE: GIC) will showcase practical workplace safety solutions at ASSP Safety 2026, Booth #4519, June 15–17....

Halifax--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A tentative agreement has been reached between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1082 and St. Vincents Nursing Home. CUPE 1082 is the Lead Table in bargaining, responsible for negotiating terms that impact other bargaining tables, including setting the economic pattern for CUPE members in the long term care sector in Nova Scotia. Details of the tentative agreement will not be shared until members have had the opportunity to review and ratify the terms...

Ottawa, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The union representing workers at Ottawa’s Villa Marconi Long - Term Care Centre held an information picket outside the home Friday morning, demanding answers after the management of the home issued layoff notices to five staff. The impacted staff, members of CUPE 4793 work in the Laundry and Environmental Services department. These workers ensure that clothing, bedding, and other linens are clean for the residents of the home. “We are still having issues with suppl...

ARICHAT NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) long term care workers will pause job action at an urgent treatment centre in Arichat, Nova Scotia. After discussions with community members and long term care workers, CUPE 5032 has decided to pause their strike at the community clinic attached to St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre, which is staffed by their members. “Before the strike began, our employer deemed the urgent treatment centre non-essential, which is wh...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Saturday, June 6, CUPE education workers from communities across Ontario will come together for a province-wide day of action to "Paint the Province Purple" in support of a strong, well-funded education system. CUPE-OSBCU education workers will be canvassing door-to-door in Progressive Conservative MPP ridings across the province, speaking directly with Ontarians about the realities facing publicly funded education and the urgent need for greater investment in stude...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canada’s largest union says the Liberal government’s artificial intelligence strategy announced Thursday is putting the profits of Big Tech billionaires ahead of workers and the public by soft-pedalling protections against the risks of AI. CUPE is concerned the strategy is sorely lacking in measures to address the risks of AI harms to workers: nothing to strengthen income protections for workers who lose their jobs due to AI, and no assurances that workers' privacy and...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A statement from UNITE HERE President Gwen Mills: “Prediction markets are putting good, union jobs in the gaming industry at risk. Over 100,000 UNITE HERE members work in Tribal and commercial casinos. Their livelihoods are now threatened by prediction markets conducting illegal sports betting in violation of Tribal sovereignty and state laws across the country. “Congress must take immediate action to ban prediction markets from conducting sports betting and casino...

Ottawa, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The union representing workers at Ottawa’s Villa Marconi Long - Term Care Centre will hold an information picket outside the home on Friday, demanding answers after the management of the home issued layoff notices to five staff. The impacted staff, members of CUPE 4793 work in the Laundry and Environmental Services department. These workers ensure that clothing, bedding, and other linens are clean for the residents of the home. “We are still having issues with suppl...