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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2008
Breaking the Iron Cage: Resistance to the Schooling of Global Capitalism When we published the first of what we are beginning to call our “Iron…
November 2008: The Worst Time For the Worst Government
Canadians need a rebuilt welfare state, not a broken one Ralph Nader, the famous American consumer advocate and perennial presidential candidate, writing recently in The…
November 2008: Help the Poor To Help the Nation
Poverty reduction is the best cure for an ailing economy Canadians are looking to their federal and provincial governments to protect them from the repercussions…
Compulsory arbitration no substitute for right to strike in health care: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX, October 28, 2008-Two specialists in industrial relations insist that compulsory arbitration is not a good substitute for…
Fastfacts: The Labour Movement in Manitoba
The Struggle Continues Download 504.19 KB 2 pages
October 2008: Foreign Ownership
Canada “open for business”—especially non-Canadian business A miracle occurred on May 9, 2008, right here in Canada. For the first time in 23 years, that…
Corporate social responsibility means paying a living wage
Making paid work meet basic family needs Families who work for low wages often face impossible choices: buy clothes or heat the house, feed the…
Working for a Living Wage 2008
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Vancouver and Victoria Download 2.85 MB 52 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments…
“Unfree” Farm Labour in British Columbia?
The sudden firing and repatriation of 14 Mexican agricultural workers from an Abbotsford greenhouse earlier this month once again highlights the exploitive nature of Canada’s…
Living wage shows real cost of raising a family
Would lift thousands out of poverty, share prosperity of BC’s economy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and…
The Harper Record
This book is one in a series of CCPA publications that have examined the records of Canadian federal governments during the duration of their tenure.…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2008, Volume 11, Number 3 Download 428.38 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Harvest of Shame: Cultivating Farmworker Rights Living on Welfare Denying Income Inequality…
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