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GM, Unifor announce Oshawa investment that saves 300 jobs [UPDATED]
The transition will cost $170 million and save 300 of the 2,600 union jobs.
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Mexican Senate passes labour overhaul to ensure union freedom
New law requires secret-ballot union votes and proof of workers’ consent for contracts.
Documents show towns to be hit hardest by automation
Hawkesbury has the largest share of workers at high risk of being affected by technology.
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Keeping Canada’s power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022
Demand for new workers is complicated by the fact many of the jobs require substantial training.
Trudeau to meet labour leaders in Winnipeg
In the shadow of SNC-Lavalin scandal as company walks back CEO’s claim about lost jobs.
Second straight monthly employment surge with 55,900 new jobs
Increase outpaces US job creation, figures show an increase of just 20,000 new positions.
US unemployment claims rise by 4,000 to 239,000
US economy still healthy; workers enjoy job security.
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Sting brings musical to Oshawa to support GM workers facing closure
The former Police frontman is currently starring in a Toronto musical.
Mexican union declares victory in strike at 48 border plants
The mass strike erupted after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed a doubling of the minimum wage in Mexico’s border zones.
Chefs and truck drivers beware: AI is coming for your jobs
Changes will disproportionately affect younger workers who dominate food services and other industries at highest risk for automation.
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GM rejects Unifor proposals to keep Oshawa assembly plant open past 2019
“GM today, by reconfirming their decision, has not only picked a fight frankly with Unifor, but they have picked a fight with all of Canada,” said Jerry Dias.
Labour movement is in the fight for its life: experts
Canada’s manufacturing sector lost 278,000 jobs between 2000 and 2007.
AP Exclusive: Walmart US CEO talks technology, workers
Greg Foran, who used to head Walmart’s China business, says he’s always looking to new technology that improves efficiency.
Regina committee shuns living wage; mayor says city already ‘good employer’
Report says it would cost the city about $1.1 million to make the change.
