By Zak Vescera, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The B.C. dockworkers’ union wants the federal government to block the $3.5-billion Roberts Bank container port project to protect members’ jobs.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union says the port expansion will introduce technology and automation and set the stage for job losses at other West Coast ports.
Continue reading Union Fears Robots Will Kill Jobs in Controversial Port ExpansionBy Zak Vescera, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A pair of B.C. unions have put cash behind a homegrown tech platform that hopes to make it easier and safer for workers to unionize.
Conley Mosterd, the founder of YouIn?, says the new online platform, based in B.C., allows workers to anonymously ask colleagues if they are interested in organizing, safe from the prying eyes of employers and managers.
If 60 per cent say yes, “the platform sends digital certification cards that can be signed and sent back to the union,” the company said in a news release last week.
Continue reading Taking Unionization Drives Online
By Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Desperate for workers, Canada is implementing several immediate measures to bolster its skills and trades sectors including allowing successful candidates to bring their family members to the country.
In addition, several provinces are opening their doors wider to ease crippling labour shortages while creating pathways for out-of-status migrants to help Canadian employers.
Continue reading Canada desperate for construction workers
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The state of the business sector in Nelson has less to do with inflation, supply chain issues and labour and more to do with a culture change in its workforce, according to the proponents of a new study from the city’s chamber.
Tom Thomson and Darren Davidson spoke about the sentiment behind the State of the Sectors case studies report authored and issued recently by the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce.
Continue reading Lifestyle leads list of labour issues as business grapples with survival
By Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Summer employment for Canadian students stayed above pre-pandemic levels in June and employment for all youth was near a three-year high as employers struggled to find workers and wages surged higher.
Overall, the job market shed 43,000 positions, Statistics Canada said Friday, the first drop not related to COVID-19 public health restrictions since late 2019.
Continue reading Canadian youth employment at three-year high in June
