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After weeks of organizing, employees of an embattled B.C. housing provider, the Atira Women’s Resource Society, have officially unionized.

More than 500 workers at over 35 Atira worksites joined the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) on Monday, citing the need to address safety concerns, staffing shortages and other living and working conditions at Atira’s housing facilities.

“As frontline workers we know how to make Atira better for workers and for residents,” Atira women’s support worker Kadidja Youssouf said in a BCGEU news release.

“By unionizing, we now have the collective power to speak out, and for our ideas to be heard.” [...]

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It’s My Armchair, and I’ll Sit in It if I Want to

I’m a little bit late to commenting on the recent Rooster Teeth drama. (Blame the fact that I don’t get paid to blog. I have a real life too!) But better late than never, so let’s dive in. (more…)

Facing a probe into alleged misconduct, Justice Russell Brown has decided to retire early from the Supreme Court of Canada, effective immediately. With his decision to leave Canada's top court, a review into a judicial complaint levelled against him has halted, though work is already starting to find his replacement. "Unfortunately, as a result of a complaint made against me in connection with an event in late January in Arizona, I have not participated in the Court’s work for over four months… The process has also imposed a significant strain on my family and me," Brown said in a statement issued Monday. In usurping the Canadian Judicial Council's ability to proceed with its hearings regarding the allegations against him, Brown said that while he was confident that ultimately the matter would have been dismissed, "the continuing delay is in nobody’s interests." [...]

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The leader of Ontario's New Democrats says she's removed longtime party member Michael Mantha from caucus amid an independent investigation into alleged workplace misconduct. Marit Stiles announced the move in a release issued Saturday, but said she could not share further details in order to protect the privacy of the complainant. "I have removed Michael Mantha from the Ontario NDP caucus while an independent third-party investigation into alleged workplace misconduct takes place," Stiles said.

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