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Fast Facts: Remember the Canary!
Stop the public health epidemic in our workplaces Ever look at work going on around you? The computer set-ups? The tools and equipment? How much…
Temporary foreign workers and the election
A major issue getting scant debate An election should be a time to discuss key policy directions. One of the biggest policy transformations in the…
Response to the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee Report
Download 188.14 KB3 pages The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee’s report is a very valuable resource document for understanding the situation of the most…
Labour Notes: The attack on unions has now come to Canada
How do we respond? Anyone who has been keeping tabs on recent developments in what can accurately be called the assault on trade unions and…
Corporate tax cuts not delivering on job creation—study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—After a decade of corporate tax cuts, the benefits to Canada’s largest corporations are clear but the job…
Corporate Income Taxes, Profit, and Employment Performance of Canada’s Largest Companies
Download 239.03 KB6 pages This study tracks 198 companies on the S&P/TSX composite from 2000 through 2009 and finds those companies—Canada’s largest corporations—are making 50%…
The Middle East Revolution (Part 1)
Uprisings a stunning blow to U.S. control of the Middle East “Fight like an Egyptian!” was the cry echoed by supporters of the Egyptian Revolution…
Canada’s Colour Coded Labour Market
The gap for racialized workers Download 343.59 KB 20 pages This report draws on 2006 Census data to compare work and income trends among racialized…
Working for a Living Wage 2011
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.39 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
Colour code keeps workers out of good jobs: Study
TORONTO – Despite an increasingly diverse population, a new report on Canada’s racialized income gap shows a colour code is still at work in Canada’s…
Scott Walker is not welcome in Canada
On March 4, 2011, the Financial Post published an article by Niels Veldhuis and Milagros Palacios titled, “We need Scott Walker here.” Scott Walker is…
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