The Evan Bray Show - Steven Seiferling - November 18th, 2024

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It seems that everywhere you look, labour disputes are popping up. In B.C., port workers were ordered back to work last week after being locked out. Saskatoon saw a library workers strike for one day last week, and hospitality workers are rallying for better pay in the heat of Swift mania in Toronto while Canada Post workers began to strike on Friday. Steve Seiferling, labour and employment lawyer, managing and founding lawyer of Seiferling Law in Saskatoon, joins Evan to make sense of this tumultuous labour landscape.
18 Nov 2024 10AM English Canada News Commentary

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