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In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has recognized coercive control as a form of intimate partner violence.
The decision will especially help BIPOC women who face particular barriers in reporting and seeking compensation for abuse.
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Our Ontario reporter, @ericwickham.ca, travelled to Kitchener to meet people who live in the encampment at the centre of the landmark case.
Listen:
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Uber drivers in Victoria successfully bargained a collective agreement (!!), and here’s what they got:
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The company's "largely unfettered authority to do whatever it wants is now restrained," says @thelawofwork.bsky.social.
Canada's biggest labour body has voted to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart.
How Palestine activists eked out a win at the Canadian Labour Congress:
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If a judge who's ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier?
What Doug Ford should know about encampment residents:
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Mark Carney’s government is rushing through major changes to Canada’s labour laws. Unions say workers should be alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney’s government is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on “Corporate Canada’s wish list”
Mark Carney’s government is rushing through major changes to Canada’s labour laws. Unions say workers should be alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney’s government is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on “Corporate Canada’s wish list”
Until the eleventh hour, delegates weren’t sure if they would be voting on a resolution to cut ties with the Histadrut — after a resolution to declare Israeli goods to be “hot cargo” was disqualified altogether.
I dug into what happened behind the scenes at the CLC for @pressprogress.ca
The Canadian government is eyeing changes to the Canada Labour Code that could widen the definition of “essential services” to include work that’s important to the “well-being of the population.”
“These workers are essential to corporate profits, not human life” said Teamsters’ Christopher Monette
The decision will help BIPOC women who face specific barriers in reporting and seeking compensation for abuse
Canada's biggest labour body agreed to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart
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Canada's biggest labour body has voted to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart.
How Palestine activists eked out a win at the Canadian Labour Congress:
pressprogress.ca/clc-histadru...
Canada's biggest labour body agreed to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart
Mark Carney’s government is rushing through major changes to Canada’s labour laws. Unions say workers should be alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney’s government is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on “Corporate Canada’s wish list”
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Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'
