The Ford government is facing furious criticism after internal documents, obtained by Global News, acknowledged that low wages and Bill 124 have had a negative impact on Ontario’s ability to retain nurses in the province’s health care sector. The...

Ontario school boards have ratified the four-year provincial deal that was reached with support staff late last year, and are now turning their attention to bargaining contracts with their union locals. “The agreement reached reflects...

The Ontario government is appealing a court decision that struck down a law limiting wages for public-sector workers. In the notice of appeal filed in Ontario’s top court on Thursday, the province argues the judge...

Many school boards across the province are facing a shortage of teachers right now. And many boards are turning to “emergency replacement persons. ” Many are not trained teachers and yet, they are being asked...

To the editor: Front-line workers have been through a lot the past three years. They’ve kept us safe and our economy running under unprecedented circumstances. Unfortunately, the Ford government appears ready to keep punishing the...

The Ontario government has reached a tentative deal with school staff represented by the Ontario Council of Educational Workers. OCEW issued a statement saying the deal was reached after multiple days of negotiations between the...

The deal wasn’t what she wanted to put before the 55,000 school custodians, early childhood educators and educational assistants following a round of tough, tense talks with the provincial government. After announcing a tentative contract...

After Ontario education workers ratified a deal with the province, attention is turning to the government’s negotiations with four major teachers’ unions. So far, those unions have not revealed what they are proposing in negotiations...

Ontario education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees have voted to ratify a contract with the government. Laura Walton, president of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions, said about 73 per cent of those...

CUPE school staff continue to vote this weekend on a tentative, four-year deal reached with the province — and the union now says the result will be released Monday morning. In a revised scheduled, CUPE’s...