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  • Metro filing labour complaint against Unifor amid ongoing strike, warehouse picket

    August 23, 2023 - 2:56 PM

    TORONTO - Metro Inc. is filing an unfair labour practice complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board against Unifor over an ongoing strike, arguing it isn't bargaining in good faith, a spokeswoman for the grocer said in a statement.

  • Metro stores in Greater Toronto Area close as workers go on strike

    July 29, 2023 - 2:10 PM

    Toronto-area residents hoping to pick up groceries at Metro Inc. were greeted by closed doors and picket lines at many locations on Saturday as thousands of employees formally went on strike at 27 stores across the region.

  • Drivers are stuck in limbo as world's oil supply reshuffles

    December 16, 2022 - 4:01 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — At a gas station outside New York City, retired probation officer Karen Stowe was faced with a pump price she didn't want to pay. She bought groceries from the convenience store instead, planning to buy cheaper gas elsewhere.

  • Liz Weston: Is a new job the right financial move?

    September 27, 2021 - 4:01 AM

    Whether you call it “The Great Resignation,” “The Great Reshuffle” or just high time for a change, millions of American workers are looking for new jobs — and some have already quit the ones they have. Better pay isn’t necessarily the motivator, labor experts say. Many people are seeking greater flexibility, the ability to work remotely or other nonfinancial benefits.

  • Fortress-led group to buy UK's Morrisons for $8.7 billion

    July 03, 2021 - 6:10 AM

    LONDON (AP) — A group led by U.S.-based Fortress Investment has agreed to buy Morrisons, the U.K.’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, for 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7 billion) as overseas investors look for bargains in a market battered by Brexit and the pandemic.

  • Poll: 1 in 4 don't plan to retire despite realities of aging

    July 07, 2019 - 11:46 AM

    CHICAGO - Nearly one-quarter of Americans say they never plan to retire, according to a poll that suggests a disconnection between individuals' retirement plans and the realities of aging in the workforce.

  • Package wars: Postal Service offers next-day Sunday delivery

    November 01, 2017 - 9:09 AM

    WASHINGTON - As consumers demand ever-quicker and convenient package delivery, the U.S. Postal Service wants to boost its business this holiday season by offering what few e-commerce retailers can provide: cheap next-day service with packages delivered Sundays to your home.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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