• Safety inspection rates in Ontario's industrial workplaces have fallen by 30 percent over the last decade, according to analysis by The Local.

• Migrant worker bunkhouses are also not included in Ontario safety inspections, reports The Toronto Star.

• Oil worker advocacy group Iron and Earth calls for Justin Trudeau to make good on his promise to implement training programs that will help oil and gas workers reskill and transition to a green economy.

• September 30 will mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal holiday created to fulfill one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. But some provinces refuse to implement it.

• Toronto Star labour reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh discusses Amazon warehouse working conditions and the Teamster's union drive on the Tech Won't Save Us podcast.

• Seven CUPE New Brunswick locals now have a strike mandate, only three locals away from all 22,000 public sector workers being able to strike by the end of the month if PC Premier Blaine Higgs does not increase wages.

• BC's NDP government is asking for feedback on three proposals for its permanent paid sick leave program until October 25. The policy is set to begin January 1, 2022.

• BC Nurses Union president Christine Sorensen has resigned, citing personal reasons. The resignation comes days after the union opposed mandatory vaccines for health care workers.

• Check out the Globe & Mail's overview of COVID-19 protocols and vaccine requirements across Canada.

• Janitors at the Vancouver International Airport  successfully unionized with SEIU.

• Workers at the Immigration and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba recently unionized with UFCW 832.

• The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees has launched an ad campaign encouraging workers to unionize.

• Workers at Quebec food distributor Colabor are on a seven day strike which will end Sunday, demanding higher wages.

• 11,000 Quebec child care workers are on a one day strike today, seeking wage increases and resources for children with special needs.

• Meet the Alberta CESSCO workers, members of Boilermakers Local 146, who have been locked out for over a year fighting a 10% wage rollback. Check out their action toolkit here.

• Municipal workers in Grand Falls, Newfoundland have been locked out since July 15.

• 700 De Havilland aerospace workers and Unifor members have been on strike since August 1. The dispute has been prolonged by an injunction which limits Unifor's right to picket.
  

• BC hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 40, remain locked out of Pacific Gateway and Hilton Metrotown hotel chains, fighting for extended recall rights.

• BC construction workers with IBEW 213 have been on strike for two years fighting union-buster Ledcor.

• Over the past four months, the Work in the West podcast interviewed labour leaders, academics, and journalists across Western Canada about the state of work and employment.  Check out all 30 episodes here.

• October 8, 2021: Registration deadline for the CUPE National Convention, which will now be held online, November 22 - 26.

• October 19, 7-9 PM: Justice for Workers organizing meeting

The Progress Report podcast interviews Edmonton journalist Omar Mouallem about his new book Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas.

The 2021 Canadian Labour International Film Festival lineup and coordinator packages have been released for groups or individuals interested in hosting their own virtual screenings.