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Workers pushing to unionize Amazon say they faced retaliation and unfair tactics

Amazon warehouse employees and contract delivery drivers working for the e-commerce giant say that when they complained about increasingly difficult working conditions during the pandemic or tried to unionize, they faced retaliation and unfair practices from the online retailer.Amazon has 16 warehouses, which it calls fulfilment centres, in Canada and more are being built. (Thomas…

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Workers in the Yukon and across Canada reporting more mental health injuries

When you think of workplace injuries, the physical ones caused by operating heavy and dangerous machinery might come to mind. But worker’s compensation boards across Canada are seeing increases in invisible injury claims.The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board says it accepted more psychological injury claims last year than ever before. (Andrew Robulack/Yukon Workers’ Compensation…

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