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Fast Fasts: CEO Sleep Out – Charity not Change
Last night several dozen business leaders, politicians and high profile Winnipeggers spent a night at Portage and Main in the annual CEO Sleep Out to…
$15 Minimum Wage Movement Spills Into Canada
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The EI “Job Credit”: try “Job Killer”
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Which Pays Better: Public or Private Sector Jobs?
Settling the Debate Download 563.89 KB13 pages This report provides an overview of public versus private sector pay in order to determine which one pays…
Something is rotten in the state of labour negotiations
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Labour unions in the 21st century?
The preservation of past experience in cultural memory too often fails to stick, with serious social consequences. Without an adequate understanding of the past we…
Temporary foreign workers need more rights, not better enforcement of flawed policy
On June 20, Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney announced a raft of changes to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), including…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2014, Volume 17, Number 3 Download 1.99 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Precarious temp agency work requires public policy attention by Andrew Longhurst Don’t…
Feds have cut summer student hires by a third: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— At a time when youth unemployment is high and many university students are struggling to find jobs…
Help Not Wanted
Federal Public Service Cuts Have Hit Students Hard Download 144.78 KB7 pages At a time when youth unemployment is high and many university students are…
Precarious temp agency work requires public policy attention
Imagine you just got a new job. But instead of a permanent job for an indefinite period of time, you are told that this near-minimum…
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