/newsroom/taxonomy/term/7129/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-amazon-faces-teamsters-union-drive-canadian-warehouse-333677 <p>Amazon.com Inc. could be facing its first unionization battle in Canada after a Teamsters local filed for a union vote for workers at the e-commerce giant’s fulfilment centre near Edmonton. If the Alberta Labour Relations Board verifies application, all workers at the YEG 1 fulfilment centre in Nisku, Alberta, who were employed as of September 13 will be able to vote on joining the union. In order to have a union vote filing approved in Alberta, the union must demonstrate 40 per cent of workers at a given job site have signed a petition for union representation.</p> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:44:31 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 276838 at /newsroom /newsroom/barry-eidlin Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:23:10 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24454 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/teachers-strike-sept-30-255719 <p>“Teachers in many French public schools are planning a one-day strike on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to voice their displeasure over contract talks with the Quebec government.” (Source: <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-teachers-announce-strike-day">The Montreal Gazette</a>)</p> Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:35:22 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24500 at /newsroom