PAID SICK DAYS ARE BACK IN NOVA SCOTIA. For a while at least. But a law requiring all employers to provide paid sick days remains about as likely as catching a blue 100 pound lobster in the Halifax Public Gardens duck pond.

THE LITTLE UNION THAT COULD...DID! The 82 members of the Concordia University of Edmonton Faculty Association (CUEFA) went on strike to get a better deal at work—and they got it on January 15.

THERE'S NO VACCINE FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. It’s a cruel reality that prompted the creation of the Occupational Disease Reform Alliance (ODRA). The alliance is the latest concentrated push by Ontario workers to get fair treatment from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) system.