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VANCOUVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academic workers at the University of British Columbia have voted 95.4 percent in favour of taking strike action. Representing more than 3,500 teaching assistants, tutors, markers, exam invigilators, instructors, and graduate academic assistants, CUPE 2278 says the union has exhausted all other options to reach a fair collective agreement. “UBC is not taking the challenges our members face seriously, dismissing our clear priorities around improving working conditions...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait times and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA Senior Researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses unpublished data – obtained through Freedom of Information requests – from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres and two private hospitals offe...

SMITHERS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Municipal workers in Smithers, represented by CUPE 1570, have voted 90 percent in favour of strike action. “Our members are proud to provide public services in Smithers, and taking a strike vote is not a step we take lightly,” says Adrian Smith, President of CUPE 1570. “This result sends a clear message that workers want to see a different approach from the employer at the bargaining table.” CUPE 1570 and the Town of Smithers began bargaining in November 2025. Negotia...

نيويورك--(BUSINESS WIRE)--أعلنت Elliptic، الشركة الرائدة عالميًا في مجال إدارة المخاطر على السلسلة، اليوم عن إطلاق Pulse. يضع Pulse أدوات تحديد أولويات الخيوط المرتبطة بالعملات المشفّرة مباشرةً في متناول كل مسؤول إنفاذ قانون وموظف حكومي في الخطوط الأمامية.باتت العملات المشفّرة اليوم جزءًا من مختلف جوانب عمل جهات إنفاذ القانون، بدءًا من ضابط الدورية في الشارع ووصولاً إلى المحقق المكلّف بالتحقيق في القضية. يمنح Pulse كلاً منهم ملخصًا ماليًا سريعًا ودقيقًا ونقطة انطلاق واضحة للتحقيق، سواء كان ذلك ع...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pour la première fois de ce siècle, le nombre d’enfants qui meurent de causes évitables devrait augmenter. Aujourd’hui, en marge de la 81e session de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, des représentants de haut niveau africains se sont joints à des partenaires mondiaux pour s’attaquer directement à cette tendance. Ils ont fait valoir que la survie et la nutrition des enfants doivent être au cœur des priorités nationales et être soutenues par des ressources nation...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time this century, the number of children dying from preventable causes is predicted to rise. Today, on the margins of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, African high-level representatives joined global partners to confront that trend head-on, making the case that child survival and nutrition belong at the centre of national priorities, backed by domestic resources, country-led plans and sustained accountability. The high-level side...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait times and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA Senior Researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses unpublished data – obtained through Freedom of Information requests – from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres and two private hospitals offe...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le Conseil exécutif national du SCFP, le plus grand syndicat au pays, a adopté à l’unanimité une motion s’engageant à défier le projet de loi C-39 du gouvernement libéral, qui restreindrait le droit fondamental de faire la grève s’il est adopté sans amendement. Le droit de grève est protégé par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, et la Cour suprême du Canada l’a confirmé en 2015. Ce n’est pas à la ministre de l’Emploi, sous ce gouvernement ou un autre, de décid...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The national executive board of Canada's largest union, CUPE, has passed a unanimous resolution vowing to defy the Liberal government's Bill C-39 limiting the constitutional right to strike if it is passed unamended through Parliament. The right to strike is a protected right under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms – a right affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2015. The jobs minister – under this government or any other – does not get to pick and choose whether...

KITCHENER, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With just two days of bargaining remaining before CUPE 1883’s September 26 strike deadline, union members, concerned residents, and allies will rally outside of Waterloo Regional Council on Wednesday evening. They will call on Regional Council to reverse management’s course at the bargaining table, show urgency to reach a fair deal, and commit to investing in critical public services. Despite the looming strike deadline, the Region has continued to bargain for th...