FedEx Canada Tries to Strip Union Rights from Immigrant Workers

In response to a union organizing drive by Teamsters Local Union 362 at the FedEx facility in Fort McMurray, the company has filed arguments before the Canada Industrial Relations Board claiming that “temporary workers,” like international students and temporary foreign workers, are not entitled to join a union alongside their Canadian colleagues.

Agropur Workers Ratify New Agreement, Averting Toronto Milk Shortage

Roughly 280 members of Teamsters Local Union 647 have voted 82% in favour of a new collective agreement at Agropur’s fluid milk production facility in the Greater Toronto Area. The deal was reached just in time to avert a strike that could have disrupted the plant’s daily production of over one million litres of fluid milk, much of it destined for the Greater Toronto Area.

Teamsters at Canada Cartage End Strike in Oshawa, Ratify Deal

Oshawa, ON, July 21, 2025 — Workers at Canada Cartage in Oshawa are back on the job today after a weeklong strike. On Friday, members voted...

Teamsters Canada Education Program

Investing in our members is our way forward! Over the past few weeks, locals across British Columbia have been actively engaged with the Teamsters Canada...

Happy Canada Day!

Over the past few months, our sovereignty has come under attack like never before. It gave us all the opportunity to reflect on what...

Leading the Way: Is it Time to Bring Back Sector by Sector Agreements?

As spring slowly gives way to summer, it seems President Donald Trump is finally easing off his tariff crusade, though very slowly. He recently...

May Day Amid a War on Workers

Today is International Workers’ Day. It’s a time to celebrate workers and stand up for their rights.

Teamsters Statement on Federal Election Results

Teamsters Canada is congratulating Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory. The union is calling on all parties to put workers first amid the ongoing trade dispute.

National Day of Mourning: Voting Is Remembering

Every April 28th, in Canada, we observe a National Day of Mourning. It’s a day dedicated to workers who have died, were injured, or...

Leading the Way: Vote for What Matters

It’s election season. A couple of weeks ago, our new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, after just a few days in office, asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, triggering a general election.