Ottawa Labour Council
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Representing 90 union locals with a combined membership of over 50,000 workers in the city of Ottawa.
Supervisor found not guilty in 2023 hedge-trimming death bit.ly/3WTYwdE
Supervisor found not guilty in 2023 hedge-trimming death
Steven Deans had been charged with criminal negligence causing death in the 2023 worksite accident that killed 20-year-old Nicholas Chenier.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Supervisor found not guilty in 2023 hedge-trimming death bit.ly/3WTYwdE
Bruske on pre-budget measures: When government listens to workers, we see progress bit.ly/3L7Kh2g
Bruske on pre-budget measures: When government listens to workers, we see progress
OTTAWA—Canada’s unions welcome today’s pre-budget measures that recognize the essential role of workers in building a stronger, fairer economy. These investments show that when government listens to w...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Bruske on pre-budget measures: When government listens to workers, we see progress bit.ly/3L7Kh2g
Canada's unions put workers at the heart of NDP leadership race bit.ly/475q8Ct
Canada’s unions put workers at the heart of NDP leadership race
OTTAWA –– The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) put workers’ issues in the spotlight on Wednesday, hosting the first major public event of the NDP leadership race. The workers-first forum brought leaders...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Canada's unions put workers at the heart of NDP leadership race bit.ly/475q8Ct
Ontario full-time college support staff reach tentative agreement after nearly five weeks of strike action bit.ly/47a6eFi
Ontario full-time college support staff reach tentative agreement after nearly five weeks of strike action
After nearly five weeks on strike, full-time college support staff, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, have reached a tentative agreement for more than 10,000 workers across all 24 Ontario colleges. “After m...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ontario full-time college support staff reach tentative agreement after nearly five weeks of strike action bit.ly/47a6eFi
Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability bit.ly/4nNA3Cl
Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability | CBC News
The family of a 27-year-old who died on a plumbing job in Calgary say they want to see the company he worked for charged criminally. Advocates have been asking for more prosecutions in workplace death...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability bit.ly/4nNA3Cl
In case you may have missed this notice from CUPW - Strike Action Update: Shift to Rotating Strikes bit.ly/4qiTWTM
Strike Action Update: Shift to Rotating Strikes
Today, we are announcing that starting Saturday, October 11 at 6 AM local time, CUPW will move from a nation-wide strike action to rotating strikes. Locals that will be rotating out will be informed c...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In case you may have missed this notice from CUPW - Strike Action Update: Shift to Rotating Strikes bit.ly/4qiTWTM
Striking support staff block vehicle entrances to Algonquin College bit.ly/42UuTMx
Striking support staff block vehicle entrances to Algonquin College
Students, staff and faculty are being warned to expect delays accessing Algonquin College’s Ottawa campus on Thursday, as support staff continue strike action.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Striking support staff block vehicle entrances to Algonquin College bit.ly/42UuTMx
If in Ottawa today and you have a bit of free time why not stop in to the OPSEU 416 picket line(s) set up at Algonquin College 1385 Woodroffe Avenue
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If in Ottawa today and you have a bit of free time why not stop in to the OPSEU 416 picket line(s) set up at Algonquin College 1385 Woodroffe Avenue
An amazing show of solidarity today on the lawn of Parliament Hill as workers came together to show support for CUPW and send a message to the government of Canada and Canada Post that workers united will never be defeated.
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An amazing show of solidarity today on the lawn of Parliament Hill as workers came together to show support for CUPW and send a message to the government of Canada and Canada Post that workers united will never be defeated.
Amazing turnout this afternoon on Parliament Hill as people came together on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Amazing turnout this afternoon on Parliament Hill as people came together on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Progress on trade in Canada must reflect a commitment to Indigenous rights bit.ly/3KqDCQh
Progress on trade in Canada must reflect a commitment to Indigenous rights
Canada’s unions are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by calling on government to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples A...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Progress on trade in Canada must reflect a commitment to Indigenous rights bit.ly/3KqDCQh
Sad news. Leo Gerard, former international Steelworkers president, has died bit.ly/4pyBCFF
Leo Gerard, former international Steelworkers president, has died
Leo Gerard, who was one of the best-known labour leaders in the world, has died, his family has announced. Gerard died Sunday surrounded by his family. He was 78.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sad news. Leo Gerard, former international Steelworkers president, has died bit.ly/4pyBCFF
An incredible show of support in Ottawa this afternoon @AlgonquinColleg at the Solidarity Day of Action with College full-time support workers.
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
An incredible show of support in Ottawa this afternoon @AlgonquinColleg at the Solidarity Day of Action with College full-time support workers.
Man dies in workplace incident in Ottawa's east end bit.ly/3K2g981
Man dies in workplace incident in Ottawa’s east end
One person is dead after an incident at a workplace in Ottawa’s east end. Emergency crews responded to a call at approximately 6:30 p.m. on 2400 Sheffield Road.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Man dies in workplace incident in Ottawa's east end bit.ly/3K2g981
Trial of man charged in workplace death in Manotick gets underway at Ottawa courthouse bit.ly/3VjJm0w
Trial of man charged in workplace death in Manotick gets underway at Ottawa courthouse
The trial for the supervisor charged with criminal negligence in the death of a young worker in Manotick in 2023 began at the Ottawa courthouse Monday morning.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Trial of man charged in workplace death in Manotick gets underway at Ottawa courthouse bit.ly/3VjJm0w
We were out early this morning visiting folks on the picket line @AlgonquinColleg An incredible display of solidarity amongst @OPSEU 416 members and supporters. The line(s) is set up there from 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday.
September 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We were out early this morning visiting folks on the picket line @AlgonquinColleg An incredible display of solidarity amongst @OPSEU 416 members and supporters. The line(s) is set up there from 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday.
Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6 bit.ly/46jd372
Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6 | CBC News
More than three and a half years after six people were killed in one of the deadliest workplace incidents in Ottawa's history — a 2022 explosion at an Ottawa tank truck manufacturing facility — Ottawa...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6 bit.ly/46jd372
In case you may have missed this - Support staff at Algonquin College, other Ontario colleges begin strike action bit.ly/4pkd6YH
Support staff at Algonquin College, other Ontario colleges begin strike action
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says 10,000 full-time college support staff began strike action at 12:01 a.m. after the union failed to reach an agreement with the College Employer Council.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In case you may have missed this - Support staff at Algonquin College, other Ontario colleges begin strike action bit.ly/4pkd6YH
ATU Local 279 Ratifies New Collective Agreement with the City of Ottawa bit.ly/47yWWo8
ATU Local 279 Ratifies New Collective Agreement with the City of Ottawa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATU Local 279 Ratifies New Collective Agreement with the City of OttawaOttawa – The members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 have voted to ratify a new three-year collectiv...
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September 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ATU Local 279 Ratifies New Collective Agreement with the City of Ottawa bit.ly/47yWWo8
Air Canada flight attendants massively reject wage offer, union says bit.ly/3JN8LND
Air Canada flight attendants massively reject wage offer, union says
Air Canada flight attendants have rejected the employer’s wage offer.
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September 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Air Canada flight attendants massively reject wage offer, union says bit.ly/3JN8LND
In case you may have missed this recent Ottawa Citizen story with the headline School trustees are essential voices in education. Leave them alone bit.ly/4835Zh8
Deachman: School trustees are essential voices in education. Leave them alone
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has mused publicly about eliminating these important representatives of the local community.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In case you may have missed this recent Ottawa Citizen story with the headline School trustees are essential voices in education. Leave them alone bit.ly/4835Zh8
Another great worker news story in our city as we continue into the Labour Day weekend as ATU 279 and the city reach a tentative agreement bit.ly/4g2Qyrd
Tentative Agreement Announcement
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August 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Another great worker news story in our city as we continue into the Labour Day weekend as ATU 279 and the city reach a tentative agreement bit.ly/4g2Qyrd
Awesome news as we head into the Labour Day weekend Canadian Tire Workers in Ottawa (Ottawa South-Bank & Heron) vote to join UFCW Local 175 to improve working conditions bit.ly/4lRXJE5 #WorkersTogetherUnionsDeliver
Canadian Tire workers in Ottawa vote to join UFCW Local 175
Canadian Tire workers in Ottawa have voted to join UFCW Local 175 to gain the benefits of being a Union member
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August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Awesome news as we head into the Labour Day weekend Canadian Tire Workers in Ottawa (Ottawa South-Bank & Heron) vote to join UFCW Local 175 to improve working conditions bit.ly/4lRXJE5 #WorkersTogetherUnionsDeliver
A number of unions and their members participated in yesterdays Capital pride parade
August 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A number of unions and their members participated in yesterdays Capital pride parade
CUPE flight attendants prove bargaining, not Carney's Section 107, delivers deals bit.ly/47DaGOu
CUPE flight attendants prove bargaining, not Carney’s Section 107, delivers deals | Canadian Labour Congress
OTTAWA – Air Canada flight attendants, members of CUPE, have delivered a decisive blow to employers who think they can sidestep fair bargaining by hiding behind Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. ...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CUPE flight attendants prove bargaining, not Carney's Section 107, delivers deals bit.ly/47DaGOu