175,000 Construction Workers in Québec Launch General Strike
The 175,000 workers of the Trade Union Alliance (Alliance syndicale), a group of trade unions and labour organizations whose members work in the construction industry, launched a general strike last night. This is one of Québec's largest labour disputes in recent years. To show his support, François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada, participated in this morning’s...
Teamsters Disappointed by New Food Guide
Teamsters are disappointed that the new food guide minimizes the role of milk products. Milk and dairy products can be a healthy part of any diet. Moreover, the evidence that went into the new food guide comes disproportionately from U.S. government dietary guidelines, which have been deemed to “lack scientific rigour” by the National Academies of Science.
Teamsters, Swissport, Reach Tentative Agreement
Teamsters Local Union 419 and Swissport reached a tentative agreement during the night of Tuesday, October 10. The agreement must now be ratified by members at union meeting on Sunday, October 15.
Thirteen Truck Drivers Lose Their Jobs in Côte-Nord
Thirteen workers at Kingsway, a subsidiary of Transforce, lost their jobs in Côte-Nord in the past few weeks. ...A few weeks ago, TST Overland decided to take the contracts back, and then it transferred them again, this time to a non-unionized trucking company.
Outaouais School Board says no to Protective Partitions on School Buses
According to information obtained by the Teamsters Union, the Commission scolaire des Portages de l'Outaouais would refuse to allow the school bus carrier Autobus Campeau to equip its buses with a flexible protective partitions, as recommended by CNESST.
Sugar Shack Saturday April 21st at 6pm
The Teamsters Québec Women's Caucus is launching its annual fund-raising campaign for its non-profit organization Non Silence à la Violence
Strike mandate at Demix Agrégat
Workers at the giant Demix Aggregates plant in St-Jacques-le-Mineur voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate. Their union, Teamsters Local Union 1791, will strike at the appropriate time. The workers rejected 100% of the employer's latest offers at the same union meeting held on June 22.
Preventive withdrawal: Supreme Court refuses to hear Teamsters case
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case brought by the Teamsters Union a few months ago concerning preventive withdrawals for pregnant women.
It will be recalled that a pregnant woman working for a...
Brother Ron Locas
Teamsters Canada has learnt that Brother Ron Locas died last week at age 68.
Brother Locas started with Local Union 106 in Montreal and later worked at Joint Council 52 in Toronto. He finished his career at...
Sprout a moustache!
Laval, November 12, 2013 – Every year in November the Movember charity encourages men around the world to sprout a moustache in order to raise awareness about prostate cancer and collect funds for research...
