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Work standards must change as economy re-opens in wake of COVID-19: New report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER – Governments, employers and unions must all work urgently to address several critical weaknesses in Canada’s employment…
Ten Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Must Change Work… For Good
Download 1.4 MB54 pages This paper identifies and considers ten ways in which work after the pandemic must change “for good” in the wake of…
The unequal burden of COVID-19 joblessness
Source: February and April 2020 Labour Force Survey PUMF, excludes self employed. The scale of this crisis is now being revealed in stark statistics. However, it’s…
An impossible choice: at least 540,000 low wage workers risk losing CERB if they refuse unsafe work
With provincial economies starting to reopen, we need to take a close look at the workers most at risk. Reopening is sometimes framed as if…
Working multiple jobs to make ends meet in BC
—With partial reopening on the horizon, more workers may be vulnerable than official statistics suggest— VANCOUVER – The need to work multiple jobs to make…
Work Life: COVID 19 Revealing Inequities in Canada’s Labour Market
The strange times we’re living in are bringing many issues into sharp focus for the public at large. This is true with regard to the…
Ontario’s frontline workers deserve much more than applause
Workers on the front lines of our economy stock our grocery shelves, pack boxes in warehouses, and deliver our food. As COVID-19 rages on, they…
The Monitor, May/June 2020
Putting Housing Poverty on Notice Download 5.37 MB In our first issue following the outbreak of COVD-19 in Canada, Monitor contributors assess the federal and…
Workers in which sectors were hit hardest by COVID-19 closures
Further to my other work looking at who has lost either their job or the majority of their hours between February and March, in this…
Gender impact of Canada’s income supports
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You can’t re-open an economy without workers
Yesterday, the Saskatchewan government revealed its plan to “re-open the Saskatchewan economy.” I will leave critiques about whether the plan adequately addresses testing and the public health…
Early Warning: Who’s bearing the brunt of COVID-19’s labour market impacts?
March Labour Force Survey Key Facts: 1 million lost jobs, but another 2.1 million had a majority of their hours cut.
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