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TORONTO 鈥?The head of Canada largest private sector labour union has a blunt message for Unifor staff: Get vaccinated or find another job.The union recently advised its 425 staff membersthat they will be pla
stanley cup ced on an unpaid leave of absence until they get vaccinated against COVID-19.And if they don ;t get vaccinated within a reasonable period of time, well then that fine, said Jerry Dias. They can work for another organization. I ;m not messing around with this. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Dias also has a warning for Unifor members who are holding out against being vaccinated, saying they could end up losing their jobs if their employer adopts a vaccine mandate.If people are terminated because they make the decision that they ;re not going to be vaccinated, then our lawyers are saying to us that they will stay terminated, Dias said in
stanley mug an interview. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The growing number of vaccine mandates in the public and priv
stanley mug ate sectors have exposed a fault line in Canada labour movement.Canadian National Railway Co. and WestJet Airlines are among the latest large employers to announce their vaccination policies, following an Aug. 13 directive from Ottawa that requires all employees in federally regulated industries to be vaccinated. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Tisi Today s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 1,890 cases, 28 more deaths; Toronto has 553 new infections; York Region hospitals at tipping point
Trustees of the Halton District School Board have set in motion a name change for Ryerson Public School in Burlington.The proposal is expecte
stanley website d to come before the board June 16.A review of the name, in consultation with Indigenous stakeholders, with the intent of removing it would be an action towards truth and reconciliation, said Burlington trustee Margo Shuttleworth, who along with Oakville truste
stanley mug e Tanya Rocha put forth a motion for discussion at a June 9 committee-of-the-whole meeting. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW If approved, action would then be subject to the board
stanley cup s Naming and Renaming process, to be undertaken this fall to rename the school, said Shuttleworth. This is a hard conversation, a difficult conversation, but its one that needs to be spoken of. We need to look within and do everything we can to acknowledge the truth of our colonial past, said Shuttleworth. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Egerton Ryerson was an educator who was pivotal in the design of residential schools in Canada, and since the recent discovery of 215 childrens bodies buried on the grounds of a residential school in Kamloops, BC, there has been an increased sense of urgency to remove his name from public spaces. Sadly, as years have gone on and truths have been uncovered, we have the responsibility, in collaboration with our staff and communities to re-evaluate past decisions and address accordingly, said Shutt
