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More than 1,000 Teamster sisters from all over North America are currently converging on Montreal to attend the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Women’s Conference. Our sisters of Quebec’s local unions are also attending in great numbers. Welcome to the French-speaking capital of North America!

The Canada Industrial Relations Board will conduct the vote on Canadian Pacific’s (CP) final offer from May 14 to May 23, union officials today learned. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) is urging their members to reject the company’s offer.

The Teamsters Union will represent employees working for LRL, Boisvert, Bergeron and Lacasse, all companies that specialize in woodchips transport in the Abitibi-Temiscaminque region. The Teamsters organizing campaign in this Quebec region lasted...

The workers at Fresh Taste Produce in Etobicoke want little more than a fair day's wage for a fair day's work.

On May 15, 1919, over 35,000 Winnipeg public and private workers united to send a clear message to employers and to governments: they would strike in order to win better wages and the right to collective bargaining...

Yesterday, the Teamsters Canada Executive Board unanimously approved a motion to support the boycott of the World Police and Fire Games, scheduled to take place during Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations in 2017.

One out of every four violent crimes reported to the police is a case of domestic violence, according to Statistics Canada. Women's Shelter Canada indicated in its most recent report that of the 550 shelters it supports, 59% reported a decrease in calls at the beginning of the pandemic. However, as the lockdown measures eased, more than half of these shelters (61%) experienced a surge in calls.

NAFTA talks start in Washington, D.C. today on an ambitious schedule to come up with a “modernized” agreement by the end of the year. The Teamsters Union will be tracking them closely. As North America’s transportation union, our members on the roads and rails, in warehouses and ports from coast to coast, depend on trade for their livelihoods...

Teamsters Canada has joined a coalition of trucking industry groups to ask Ottawa to provide fiscal support to drivers and trucking companies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Teamsters and management of the Hôtel Le Président have been called to a meeting with the conciliator from the provincial Ministry of Labour tomorrow. Workers at Hôtel Le Président are seeking a substantial wage increase to catch up with their brothers and sisters at other hotels in the region.