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Air Canada's baggage handlers, ground crews and maintenance workers on Wednesday rejected a tentative deal signed earlier this month with Canada's biggest airline, shortly after its dispatchers ratified a new contract. More...

The City of Toronto and the union representing 6,000 of its outside workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract to avert a work stoppage. More...

Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out workers at its smelter in Alma, Que. after last-ditch contract talks collapsed and the union's contract expired at midnight. More...

Three Mexican migrant farm workers have filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government and their Ontario-based former employer for terminating their contract and sending them home without reason or explanation. More...

Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez has turned down the chance of taking over at Aston Villa, it was confirmed on Friday. An Aston Villa statement said Martinez, 37, had featured prominently on the club's shortlist of candidates to replace Gerard Houllier but had chosen instead to see out...

The union representing 400 striking workers at Winnipeg's Bristol Aeropsace said Sunday it has reached a tentative contract settlement with the company. Workers, members of the Canadian Autoworkers Union local 3005, walked off the job April 1, rejecting a proposed collective agreement that...

CLEVELAND – A person familiar with the negotiations says the Cleveland Indians are close to signing reliever Chad Durbin to a one-year contract. He will report to the team's training camp in Goodyear, Ariz., for a physical Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of...

JUPITER, Fla. – The St. Louis Cardinals made Albert Pujols what they said was their best offer. It wasn't enough. So get ready, baseball: Pujols seems headed for the open market next fall. The deadline Pujols set for the Cardinals to reach a new contract agreement passed Wednesday with no...

DENVER – Carlos Gonzalez has finalized his $80 million, seven-year contract with the Colorado Rockies. The deal keeps Gonzalez in purple pinstripes through 2017 and covers what would have been his first three seasons of free agency. Gonzalez receives a $3 million signing bonus and salaries of...

– Defenseman Jack Johnson, one-half of the Los Angeles Kings' top defensive pairing with Drew Doughty, has signed a $30.5 million contract extension through the 2017-18 season. The deal was announced by general manager Dean Lombardi following Los Angeles' 6-4 victory over the Columbus Blue...

Yankee captain Derek Jeter playing for new contract in ALCS No matter what happens to the New York Yankees in the 2010 playoffs, they know a formidable decision awaits them in the off-season: What to do about Derek Jeter's contract. The Yankees' marquee player and team captain just had his...

Insitu to build drone for Navy, Marines BINGEN, Wash., The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a contract to Insitu Inc. to build and test its Integrator unmanned aircraft system to Tier II UAS requirements. Under the two-year contract, Integrator will support two operational...

Office Depot passes on big revenue BOCA RATON, Fla., U.S. retailer Office Depot said it would not renew a contract it has had since 1996 that is responsible for more than 4 percent of its annual revenue. The company said the contract with Los Angeles County was "onerous" and would "negatively...

EADS anticipates KC-X win, shifts workers WASHINGTON (UPI) -- EADS North America is moving personnel to Alabama and establishing facilities in anticipation it will win a Pentagon contract to build new KC-X tankers. The company said it plans to have about 200 workers in Mobile to lay the...

NASA awards satellite launch contract PASADENA, Calif., (UPI) -- NASA announced the selection Tuesday of Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch its Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 spacecraft. The satellite is to be sent into space in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket from...

PHOENIX (AP)—Steve Nash(notes) and the Phoenix Suns have agreed on a two-year, $22 million contract extension, his agent said. Bill Duffy confirmed the agreement Monday in an interview with The Associated Press. The deal will keep the two-time MVP point guard under contract with the Suns...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)—Vince Wilfork(notes) reported to the Patriots mandatory minicamp Wednesday because his contract requires it. He’d still like a new one. Wilfork, one of the NFL’s best nose tackles, practiced on the first day of New England’s three-day minicamp after skipping all 12...

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