Business Management Loomis drivers, O/Os serve strike notice August 29, 2022 Nearly 1,500 Unifor union members working across eight provinces for Loomis Express have served strike notice and could be off the job by 12:01 a.m. Aug. 31. “This is yet…
Infrastructure Quick end to border action, after chaotic Friday August 6, 2021 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) workers reached a tentative deal late Friday night, after causing significant border delays over the previous day. The four-year deal has brought an end to…
Health & Safety GFL’s Unifor-represented drivers considering strike vote July 14, 2021 GFL Environmental’s drivers in the Hamilton and Brantford areas are considering a strike vote, according to the Unifor Local 4268 union representing them. “When GFL customers needed curbside and commercial…
Equipment Volvo to resume production after workers reject third tentative agreement July 12, 2021 Volvo Trucks plans to resume production at its New River Valley (NRV) plant, after workers there voted down a third tentative agreement. “We need to safeguard our future, and start…
Equipment UAW to go back on strike after rejecting latest tentative deal June 7, 2021 United Auto Workers (UAW) union members at Volvo’s New River Valley truck plant will walk off the job at noon today, after rejecting the truck maker’s latest tentative agreement with…
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…
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…
Supply Chain Truckers fear losses amid Montreal port strike April 13, 2021 A partial strike set to start Wednesday by Port of Montreal dockworkers is set to affect shipping in North America. Longshoremen will work regular shifts Monday to Friday without overtime…
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…
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 Unifor picketers accused of vandalizing, delaying trucks at Regina refinery January 2, 2020 REGINA, Sask. – Truckers working at the Co-Op Refinery in Regina, Sask., say picketers have been delaying and vandalizing trucks, breaking a court order that said they could not hold…
Business Management Co-Op Refinery strike heads to court December 19, 2019 Trucking industry caught in the middle of dispute
Business Management Prolonged rail strike will impact trucking industry November 22, 2019 CALGARY, Alta. – The effect of the current CN Rail strike could have both positive and negative impacts on the trucking industry in Western Canada when it comes to the…
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…