A union representing Ontario couriers delivering packages for Amazon.com Inc. are alleging the e-commerce giant engaged in unfair labour practices that resulted in the termination of employees, the closure of one courier company’s Mississauga operations and the bankruptcy of another.
In a series of applications filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board in July initially reported on by The Logic, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada Local 175 accused Amazon subsidiary Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services Inc. of using its control over sub-contractors to create a “chilling effect” meant to influence them to not “support, assist or co-operate with” the organization of a union.
A century-old Toronto business, Duke's Cycle, is expected to close in March with the retirement of owner Gary Duke.
It looks as though sales of liquor on Prince Edward Island have not taken a hit since cannabis became legally available last fall.
The value of booze sales was up 2.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2018, from October to December, over the same time period last year, the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission says. The volume of alcohol sold was up too — by 0.54 per cent.
"Traffic patterns in liquor stores are pretty consistent and that's evidenced by our sales and the volume of sales as well," said Jamie MacLeod, the commission's director of corporate services.
Shopping malls may need to go through a radical transformation, but they still have a future, predicts Briana Tomkinson.
Quebec’s minimum hourly wage is going up by 50 cents on May 1 to $12.50.
Labour Minister Jean Boulet says the 4.17 per cent hike will benefit more than 288,000 workers across the province.