It may not be the year of the strike, but it may be the year of the fear of the strike. A tight labour market and breakneck inflation have empowered many workers to make new inroads.
A month after 3,700 grocery store workers walked off their jobs at Toronto-area Metro stores earlier this year, they returned to work under a new contract that Unifor called “historic.
According to Economic and Social Development Canada, as of Sept. 30, there had been 147 work stoppages in Canada in 2023, a year plagued with cost of living issues.
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