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ETFO Limestone educators plan united front for one-day strike

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments class sizes, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ford Government, Jane Roberts, Kindergarten, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Limestone local, Ministry Lecce, one day strike, picketing, rotating strikes

As the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) continue rotating one-day strikes, those with the ETFO Limestone local are planning

Childcare centre addresses ‘temporary suspension of services’

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Board of Directors, CUPE Local 3625, downtown, Kate Lussier-Purdy, Kingston, negotiations, picketing, Something Special Children's Centre, suspension of services, temporary closure, unionized workers, worker lock out

A popular downtown childcare centre has suspended operation at its Chapman Street location, according to a press release from Something

Employees locked out at Something Special Children’s Centre

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments CUPE, CUPE Local 3625, health benefits, Kingston, lock out, picketing, Something Special Children's Centre, worker lock out

A group of employees at a downtown childcare centre are now picketing after being locked out by their employer as

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Commissionaires Kingston goes into legal strike position on June 24

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Lucas Mulder 0 Comments Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston, Commissionaires, Highway 15, Highway 2, Kim Lemaire, Kingston, picket, picketing, PSA, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Strike, traffic delays

Commissionaires Kingston is going into a legal strike position at CFB Kingston and the Royal Military College of Canada on

Sheet metal workers enter fourth week of strike

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments apprentice ratio, eight-hour make-up workdays, Feihe, hiring hall list, increased hours, Kingston, Kingston Secondary School, Local 269, picketing, Sheet Metal Workers International Association, sheet metal workers union, Strike, work stopped

Members of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association locals 47, 235, 269, 397, 473, 504, 537, and 562 representing