Daily Archives: October 21, 2024

Compensation workers from across Canada meet to discuss crushing workloads and the need for more support from management

HALIFAX, NS – When Canadians are injured on the job, they rely on the expertise of workers from the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB). If those workers are too overburdened, the care injured Canadians depend on is delayed. That was the topic of the recent WCB employee conference attended by members of the Canadian Union of…

Abrupt closure of Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity in the runup to National Coming Out Day a painful loss for the queer community and an affront to workers

OTTAWA – For 19 years, the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) helped queer and trans youth find themselves, a sense of community, and safety. With the organization’s sudden bankruptcy announcement, that support is gone, passionate workers have been laid off, and queer and trans youth are left with one less advocate and…