Ontario extends support for employers and employees impacted by COVID-19
The Ontario government is helping protect jobs and businesses by extending protection to prevent temporary layoffs from automatically becoming permanent
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Ontario helping young people along the path to lifelong success
As the province gradually starts to recover, Ontario is creating opportunities for young people through the inaugural work and membership
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Cooperatives creating resource to better meet labour needs
Ontario’s co-operative sector is creating an employment resource to collaboratively meet hiring, training and labour retention needs in rural Ontario.
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Temporary shutdown, layoffs at Ivaco
According to a source in the United Steelworkers union, temporary layoffs are in effect at Ivaco Rolling Mills in L’Orignal.
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Francophone teachers picket in Hawkesbury, strike day for all public schools on February 21
Thursday, February 13 was a strike day for students French-language public and Catholic schools across the region. In Hawkesbury that
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UCPR and Employment Services Centre conduct labour shortage study
Local authorities continue to try and solve the mystery of the Prescott-Russell labour shortage. The United Counties of Prescott and
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Teachers stage one-day strike, education labour challenges continue
Labour issues in education are having their effect locally. On Wednesday, December 4, about 100 teachers and educational support staff
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New agreements with Brownsburg-Chatham staff, firefighters
The Town of Brownsburg-Chatham has reached new labour agreements with two groups of its employees. At the June 4 council
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Town of Hawkesbury employees’ union wants contract talks to resume, unhappy about mayor’s salary increase
Unionized employees of the Town of Hawkesbury are not pleased about a couple of decisions recently made by council. During
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Local employers and government looking abroad to fill labour shortage
Business and government leaders from across Prescott-Russell recently gathered to discuss recruiting more French-speaking workers from other countries to fill
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