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Watch the video below and click here to visit CCPA-Ontario’s Working For A Living website—a storytelling project to convey the value of a decent minimum…
The recent controversy over Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) highlights that companies can be profitable with very different approaches to wages and worker turnover. On one…
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in…
We all want Metro Vancouver to be a livable and sustainable place, for ourselves, our families and our children. However, for many families who work…
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.52 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
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…
Unions, Corporations and Countervailing Power Download 919.8 KB36 pages This report documents how the growth of unions from the First World War to the mid…
Download 606.88 KB20 pages Canadian labour law has ensured that all workers who benefit from collective agreements contribute to the cost of maintaining those agreements…
Download 580.99 KB18 pages It is well known that unions and collective bargaining allows workers to achieve progress in areas such as compensation, working conditions,…
Ontario Equal Pay Day Facts Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in…
Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap Download 709.56 KB35 pages Last year, the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition, in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Ontario…
The authors of “A Living Wage for Regina” discuss the Living Wage with the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of Regina. View the…
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