There's no question about it," said Larry Savage, professor of labour studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont. Here, workers strike at the CN MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ont., on June 20. Their union, Unifor, is demanding a retroactive pay raise in recognition of workers having kept online orders flowing through the pandemic. They kept the lights on, the wheels turning [and] they are going to be paramount to the regrowth of our economy," said union president Stephanie Smith. Collective agreements for thousands of supermarket workers in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will also expire over summer.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2022 04:31 UTC