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A striking worker was struck by a truck and injured while on the picket line at a Barr Homes construction site in Amherstview, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Terry Moore, 42, had just begun his first picket, at the corner of County Road 23 and County Road 6, when he was
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The concurrent strikes of at least two separate trade unions have put Kingston’s construction industry in a difficult position, with local projects facing potential delays as a result of the work stoppages. Currently, unions representing carpenters and heavy equipment operators across Ontario have hit the picket lines, as members push
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Striking shelter workers at the Lennox and Addington Interval House (LAIH) have accepted and unanimously ratified the employer’s most recent offer, ending a five-month-long strike that saw them picketing through the winter’s most brutal weather. Brooke McIlvaney, one of the striking workers who has been a vocal advocate on their behalf
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Those members of the OPSEU Local 417, the St. Lawrence College (SLC) Faculty Union are currently waiting “on pins and needles” as the deadline for their pending strike action looms. “I’m planning two things for tomorrow,” Local 417 President Grant Currie said late in the afternoon on Thursday, Mar. 17,
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The following is a submitted open letter addressed to Chris Jackson, Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Lennox and Addington (L&A) Interval House. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. Mr. Jackson, My name is Gord Currie, President of Unifor Local 414, who are
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As the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) continue rotating one-day strikes, those with the ETFO Limestone local are planning to come together at different picket lines as they participate in tomorrow’s strike. Members of the Limestone ETFO will participate in a one-day strike on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, “to
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A popular downtown childcare centre has suspended operation at its Chapman Street location, according to a press release from Something Special Children’s Centre. The Centre’s Board of Directors indicate this suspension is temporary, and the result of having operated with solely non-unionized staff since Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. The CUPE
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A group of employees at a downtown childcare centre are now picketing after being locked out by their employer as the result of a labour dispute. The employees at Something Special Children’s Centre, who are members of CUPE Local 3625, have been locked out since Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, according
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Commissionaires Kingston is going into a legal strike position at CFB Kingston and the Royal Military College of Canada on Monday, June 24, 2019. This strike is between the Commissionaires Kingston union members and their management. The Department of National Defense is not in a legal strike position. “Employees on
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Members of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association locals 47, 235, 269, 397, 473, 504, 537, and 562 representing workers in Ottawa, Windsor, Kingston, Thunder Bay, London, Sudbury, and Kitchener are entering their fourth week of striking. The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) advocates for the rights of
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