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Why Canada Needs Postal Banking
Download 2.92 MB82 pages This report finds that the traditional financial banking sector is not meeting the needs of all Canadians, and that the reintroduction of…
Work Life: An Ounce of Suppression Prevents a Pound of Cure
This April 28 we will commemorate the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. This yearly tribute is a somber…
She Fixes So Many Problems
The Impacts of the Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Worker Download 1.04 MB25 pages The Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Worker (NISW) is one of the programs established by…
Which side are you on?
NHL Lockout “The owners can basically be viewed as the Ranch, and the players, and me included, are the cattle. The owners own the Ranch…
A Closer Look at Low Wages in BC
Download 269.06 KB9 pages Workers in British Columbia earned an average of $21.46 an hour in 2008, according to the latest annual wage data published…
Is Compulsory Arbitration a Good Substitute for the Right to Strike in Health Care?
The Persistence of Recruitment and Retention Problems Download 431.2 KB34 pages
Children need greater protection in the world of work
Two years ago the provincial government made dramatic changes to BC’s child labour rules, relaxing the laws and regulations that govern the hiring of children…
Labour and Social Democracy
International Perspectives On March 2nd and 3rd, 2002, the Canadian Labour Congress, with assistance from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, sponsored and organized a…
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