TORONTO—Unifor members at General Motors in St. Catharines, Oshawa and Woodstock have voted 85 per cent to ratify a new three-year collective agreement that includes significant investments, job security and economic gains.

“This contract solidifies and boldly builds on GM’s Canadian footprint, with a $1.3 billion dollar investment that brings 1,700 jobs to Oshawa plus more than $109 million to in-source new transmission work for the Corvette and support continued V8 engine production in St. Catharines,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.

California voters supported Proposition 22, which exempts Uber, Lyft and other gig companies from new state labour laws that require them to treat their workers as employees eligible for benefits.

It’s a truly terrible outcome for gig workers in California and, quite possibly, everywhere else as well. This win will embolden Uber, Lyft and the like to push for concessions in other jurisdictions.

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Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales made a dramatic homecoming on Monday, greeted by crowds of cheering supporters as he crossed the border from Argentina where he had been living in exile since late last year.