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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Earlier today, the Ford government and Education Minister Paul Calandra introduced the Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025, which includes provisions to make it easier for the province to take control of local school boards and mandates School Resource Officers (SROs)—police—in schools. In response, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) is sounding the alarm. “This legislation does nothing to address the real crisis in Ontario education: chronic und...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Home support workers represented by CUPE 3953 from the VON of Cumberland County voted in favour of a strike mandate....

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nidec Corporation hereby announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held today, it was resolved to post the contents of the attachment on its Internet website (address: https://www.nidec.com/en/ir/event/meeting/). The audits of overseas subsidiaries are taking time, and we have not yet received the accounting auditor's report on the consolidated financial statements. The accounting auditor's report on the consolidated financial statements is currently being...

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Executive Committee of the Market Basket Board of Directors today placed CEO and minority shareholder Arthur T. Demoulas and several other employees on paid administrative leave, effective immediately while an investigation is conducted into the CEO’s conduct. The investigation will include a review of credible allegations that Mr. Demoulas began to plan a disruption of the business and operations of Market Basket with a work stoppage. The Executive Commit...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Personal Care Workers at Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. are on strike as of Wednesday, May 28. CUPE 5525 members in the Supportive Housing Unit have been negotiating with Villa Colombo for over a year and have reached an impasse with the employer. "Throughout the pandemic, Villa Colombo staff worked tirelessly to keep residents healthy and safe,” said CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. “Now the employer is proposing to keep part time workers excluded from existin...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Richard S. Bernstein and Associates, Inc., longtime insurance advisor to the Trump Organization and advocate for smart healthcare and tax reform, strongly supports the unveiling of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”—a sweeping, pro-growth proposal to empower families, seniors, workers, and small businesses across the country. This bold new proposal includes historic reforms to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and payroll tax relief, reshaping how Am...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO), an advanced nuclear technology company, issued a statement of support in response to the White House’s release of a series of executive orders focused on speeding up approval and adoption of advanced nuclear, reforming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), restoring the domestic nuclear supply chain, and overhauling testing and licensing processes for advanced nuclear. As part of the announcement, Oklo co-founder and CEO Jacob DeWitte join...

THUNDER BAY, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following another violent incident at a Thunder Bay Public Library branch, library workers are calling on their employer to take immediate action for worker and patron safety. “One of our members was hospitalized after an assault last week, and in the library nothing has changed to protect workers or the public. There was another violent incident at the same branch yesterday. Library management has been incredibly negligent when it comes to health and safe...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DDC Enterprise Limited (NYSE: DDC) today released a manifesto on the company’s BTC accumulation strategy. DDC Bitcoin Manifesto From Food to Bitcoin: Why DDC is Adopting a Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Over a decade ago, I launched DDC with a simple mission: to share the joy of Asian cooking with the world. We evolved from a content platform into a vertically integrated consumer food brand portfolio, now listed on the NYSE (Ticker: DDC), reaching millions of consumers acr...

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 3550 represents 3,500 employees (including library workers) at the Edmonton Public School Board. President Mandy Lamoureux issued the following statement regarding Alberta Education Minister Dimitrios Nicolades’s policy on ‘age appropriate books’ in school libraries. “The problems in Alberta education today stem from underfunded schools. Today’s announcement is a transparent attempt to distract from funding issues with dubious culture wars. The governmen...