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Manitoba’s Worker Recruitment and Protection Act Download 318.72 KB4 pages Recent attention to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) has raised questions about how these…
Work Life: The Role of Labour in the Green Industrial Revolution
Canada is well behind other developed – and some lesser-developed countries – in shifting gears to a green economy. Other countries are supporting green enterprises…
Work Life: “We asked for workers; we got people instead”
The above quote, by one of Swiss author Max Frisch’s characters, succinctly captures the inherent conflict between employers and workers. Employers want results; they want…
Work Life: A living wage lifts workers and the economy
As first published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 2, 2014. As of October 1st, minimum wage earners in Manitoba will earn $10.70 per hour…
Fast Facts: A vote for austerity is a vote for more suffering
Lorrie Steeve’s distasteful comments about Aboriginal panhandlers set off a series of responses that reflected badly on many Winnipeggers. The following week’s big story was…
Fast Facts: Outsourcing Under Scrutiny
The long, hard 2013-14 winter revealed serious problems with some city services, such as snow removal and repair of water pipe and water main infrastructure.…
Fast Facts: The High Cost of Low Taxes and Urban Sprawl
Much of Winnipeg’s infrastructure is in desperate need of repair or replacement. The City’s 2009 administrative report found that just to maintain our existing infrastructure…
Fast Facts: World Urban Forum 7 – Policy Lessons from Colombia
For one week in early April, Sara Swartz (Universitas Programme of the KIP International School), Shauna MacKinnon (Manitoba Research Alliance [MRA] and University of Winnipeg…
Work Life: More than a Dream
Many of us have, like John Lennon, imagined a world without war, greed, hunger or possessions. There are those rare individuals who insist that we…
Work Life: Why we still fight
The Day of Mourning, more than any other day in the labour movement’s calendar, brings home why we must remain vigilant in the area of…
Manitoba Budget a Leap Forward for Poverty Reduction
By substantially raising EIA shelter rates and increasing child care spaces, new apprenticeship programs and support to social enterprises, the province is taking action to…
Work Life: International Women’s Day 2014 – The continuing struggle for bread and roses
This edition of Work Life forms part of the research by CCPA’s National Office for an upcoming report, “Working across Canada” which will analyze quantitative…
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