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Work Life: Workplace Safety a motherhood issue? Not yet.
In Manitoba, messages about the importance of workplace health and safety are hard to miss. The SAFE Work campaigns run year-round by the Workers Compensation…
Say Hello to the Pavement!
Unions under attack need more effective forms of activism Workers in Canada and around the world have been under assault for decades, but most of…
Infographic: The Young and the Jobless
Ontario Youth Can’t Win for Losing Five years after the global meltdown, Ontario’s youth employment levels remain perilously low. Ontario youth have been effectively left…
The Young and the Jobless
Youth Unemployment in Ontario Download 434.21 KB 38 pages Five years after the global economic meltdown, youth employment levels remain significantly depressed, tracking much lower…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2013, Volume 16, Number 3 Download 1.01 MB8 pages Highlights of recent CCPA-BC research. Inside this issue Time to rethink BC’s LNG plans by Ben…
BC should follow other provinces’ lead in setting minimum wage
The average weekly wage in BC increased by only 1.3 per cent between June 2012 and June 2013, half of the 2.6 per cent jump…
From Demonized to Organized
Building the New Union Movement “Nora Loreto refreshes the indispensable union movement for the younger generation of Canadians rendered defenseless by avaricious and cruel corporate…
Lowering Our Standards
The right-wing Fraser Institute has released a paper that, if implemented, would dramatically lower our standards for worker pay, workers’ rights and workplace protections. It…
Hennessy’s Index: September 2013
Unions Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months,…
Working Together For Fairness
Download 1020.13 KB 52 pages This report critically analyzes the current Nova Scotia government’s record in five policy areas (health care, jobs and the economy,…
Working together for fairness is possible: CCPA-NS shows the way
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia is pleased to release our latest…
Work Life: That’s What Unions Do
Back in February, 2013, CCPA-Mb put out a Fast Facts titled Six Unions: One Voice1 which chronicled the many problems faced by staff at the…
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