Tag: Strike
Picket lines at Western as blue-collar strike starts amid student arrival
Students moving into Western University residences this weekend will first be greeted by pickets at the school’s Richmond Street main gates after its blue-collar workers went on strike Friday morning. Members of CUPE Local 2361 went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday after the union and the school failed to reach a last-minute deal. At […]
Western University bracing for job action as strike deadline looms
No talks are scheduled as a strike deadline for about 330 caretakers, landscaping staff and trades workers at Western University looms. If an agreement is not reached, and the workers go on strike or are locked out by the university, thousands of students and their families will have to navigate picket lines when they begin […]