Daily Archives: June 25, 2024

York Region workers to rally for work from home rights

NEWMARKET, ON – On Wednesday, June 26th, York Region flex workers will rally outside the Region’s administrative offices to advocate for remote work after the Region issued a return-to-office notice effective July 1st. Under the Region’s new policy, flex workers will be required to work from their offices 50% of the time. The event, hosted…

“We have no choice but to work ourselves to death”: SickKids staff will rally for a decent pension plan on Tuesday

Union blasts hospital for taking 24-year pension holiday TORONTO – After 36 years of backbreaking labour at SickKids Hospital, patient service aid Leonora Foster has one goal before ending her career: to secure a decent pension plan for herself and her co-workers to escape the clutches of poverty in her sunset years. The staff at…