Equipment UAW members reject latest tentative agreement with Volvo June 7, 2021 United Auto Workers (UAW) workers at Volvo’s New River Valley truck plant have once again rejected a labor agreement tentatively reached with the company May 20. It was a six-year…
Equipment Volvo, UAW reach tentative deal May 21, 2021 United Auto Workers (UAW) union members at Volvo’s New River Valley truck plant have reached a tentative deal with the company The six-year tentative agreement covers about 2,900 employees in…
Equipment Volvo workers reject latest offer May 17, 2021 Workers at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley truck plant have rejected the company’s five-year offer. The United Auto Workers (UAW) represents about 2,900 workers at the plant. They…
Business Management Plan now for a healthy economic rebound May 11, 2021 We’re all pining for post-pandemic life. As vaccine rollouts make this possible, and we fill offices, restaurants, stadiums and hotels again, Canada needs a healthy trucking and logistics industry to…
Business Management Volvo workers back on the job April 30, 2021 Volvo Trucks North America and the UAW have reached a tentative deal, ending a strike that began April 19. The agreement covers a five-year deal for about 2,900 employees at…
Equipment Strike shuts production at Volvo’s New River Valley plant April 19, 2021 Workers at Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley plant in Dublin, Va., have gone on strike. “The UAW is disappointed that Volvo Truck has failed to present a substantial offer by…
Human Resources Montreal port workers reject latest offer March 22, 2021 Members of the local union of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), affiliated with the Port of Montreal, strongly rejected the employer’s “final” offer. The final offer was presented…
Human Resources Truce reached at Port of Montreal August 21, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. – The strike at the Port of Montreal has ended, and longshore workers will return to work Sunday, the Montreal Port Authority has announced. “I would like to…
Human Resources Ontario, Quebec want feds to intervene in port strike August 17, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. – The governments of Ontario and Quebec are appealing to the federal government to end the strike at the Port of Montreal. Workers there have been on strike…
Human Resources Montreal port strike could be costly: ACQ August 7, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. — After rail blockades and the Covid-19 pandemic, the Quebec trucking industry is now facing another issue as the union of longshoremen of the Port of Montreal filed a…
Supply Chain Unifor rejects ‘best’ offer from Regina Co-op April 30, 2020 REGINA, Sask. – Unifor has rejected the “best and final offer” from the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), the Federative Co-operatives announced last night. “The CRC will be required to make…
Business Management CN receives strike notice November 18, 2019 MONTREAL, Que. – CN Rail conductors, trainpersons and yardpersons represented by Teamsters are threatening to walk off the job as soon as Nov. 19. “We continue to negotiate in good…
