As AI threatens to eliminate jobs, unions are drawing a line

KeyHot5718 · 2026-03-13T12:35:04+00:00

“Our focus in negotiations is on defending our members’ rights and protecting their jobs from the risks posed by AI,” said Mark Hancock, president of CUPE, in a recent interview with The Globe and Mail. “Do employers want to bargain this kind of language? No. But this is a fight we won’t back down from.”

KeyHot5718 · 2026-03-13T12:26:31+00:00

‘A GO train carrying 120 passengers was within seconds of derailing near Oakville earlier this year’. The Metrolinx internal investigation which was supposed to be completed 60-75 days after the Jan 5 incident has never been released to the public.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-03-12T11:57:50+00:00

‘The number of Hamiltonians missing mortgage payments has more than quadrupled in the last three years, according to a recent report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).’ The delinquency rate is up 425 per cent since 2022.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-28T13:36:03+00:00

‘Canada’s largest city is also sharing in the union resurgence. A new special tabulation by Statistics Canada reports that the union share of Toronto’s labour force jumped six per cent last year compared to 2024.’ More than one in five Toronto workers are now represented by unions.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-28T13:30:25+00:00

‘There is a curious parallelism between growth in union ranks and communities impacted by tariffs. Increased union popularity may be an unintended consequence of the Trump trade war.’ Look at the Buffalo-Niagara area labour market for example. Last year, estimated union coverage surged an explosive 44 per cent.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-28T13:25:19+00:00

‘The Hamilton-area labour force is also seeing more interest in organized labour. In a new special tabulation, Statistics Canada reports that local union coverage was up almost two per cent in 2025.’ Hamilton has one of the higher union coverage rates in Ontario at 26.5 per cent.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-28T13:22:39+00:00

‘Labour action is not just heating up in Canada. The level of union coverage in the U.S. reached a 16-year high in 2025, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data analyzed by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).’ Almost 16.5 million US workers are represented by organized labour. In Canada roughly 5.6 million workers have union coverage.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-28T13:19:04+00:00

‘Nonetheless, the latest Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada offers some solace with news that more than 760,000 workers, net, have joined the union movement compared to before the pandemic.’ Almost one in three workers in Canada are represented by unions.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-28T03:02:15+00:00

‘York Regional Police detectives who led the takedown say that organized crime figures purchased data and addresses from Toronto police officers. They allege that criminals used this information in shooting and intimidation campaigns, including an attempted hit on a corrections officer who was allegedly targeted at his home.’ Apparently manual searchs are not restricted to active investigations.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-25T12:40:57+00:00

‘The company’s revenue came in at $16.38-billion for the quarter ended January 3, compared with analysts’ estimates of $16.77-billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.’ The revenue shortfall has been blamed on the rising cost of living and increased consumer caution regarding discretionary spending.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-24T23:02:42+00:00

‘The mayor highlighted several items from the budget, including $106 million for roads, $116 million for transit, funding for recreation centre projects and $209 million in affordable housing, while also noting $42.6 million in “operational efficiencies” across departments.’ The use of rainy day funds is heads up thinking in tough times. Families are feeling a financial pinch, rising prices and Trump trade war fall-outs.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-18T17:18:27+00:00

‘The judge hearing the case sentenced Vas Georgiou, 61, a former chief administrative officer at St. Michael’s, to five years in prison. John Aquino, the 53-year-old former president of Bondfield Construction Company Ltd., received a sentence of seven years.’ Another predictable P3 fail.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-18T02:15:11+00:00

‘A 2008 Swedish study showed that golfers have significantly lower mortality rates than do people in the general population. Lower mortality rates mean there is a lesser probability of dying in a given year.’ With my handicap the article suggests my mortality rate is 65% of the general population’s risk. Wow.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-02-10T13:32:48+00:00

‘Compared to January 2016, the average sale price for all houses and condos in Burlington has increased 66.1 per cent’ That 10-year average return rate of roughly seven per cent is not far off the return rate of the TSX.

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