Labour Matters Updates

The Alberta Federation of Labour released this report which analyses data compiled by the University of Toronto on Alberta's public-sector workers. It found that overall,  Alberta's public-sector...
March 5, 2014 |
International Women's Day 2014: The fight for bread and roses continues. By Lynne Fernandez, Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues and with the collaboration of Linda Briskin and Paul Tulloch, members...
March 5, 2014 |
For more information on Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), here's a new report by NUPGE: "Privatization by Stealth. The Truth about Social Impact Bonds". The report explains how that, similar to P3s, social...
February 10, 2014 |
According to this Journalist's Resource story, an academic report called "Labour Unions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from New Data" finds a strong link between higher life satisfaction and...
February 5, 2014 |
You will have to purchase this article, but for those looking for scholarly research on the connection between the decline of union density and lower wages, this piece in the American Sociological...
January 27, 2014 |
Two new studies on the impact of increases in minimum wage are now available. Brochu and Green find that Minimum-wage increases are associated with a lower probability that a job will end, and with a...
January 22, 2014 |
A recent article in MacLean's arguing that minimum wages have a disemployment effect and do not benefit poor workers is countered by Michal Rozworski on the Progressive Economics Forum blog.  The...
January 16, 2014 |
This Broadbent Blog by Andrew Jacksons includes some interesting statistics from Stats Can on the percentage of workers in a variety of job classifications. 
December 20, 2013 |
This Law Times summary explains the amendments, and their implications, to the Public Service Relations Act as proposed in omnibus Bill C-4. 
December 11, 2013 |
Conservative Senator Hugh Segal spoke at the Unifor Ontario Council on December 7th. He confirmed his support for a strong union movement in Canada. 
December 9, 2013 |
Alberta recently tabled Bill 45 and Bill 46. If passed, they will affect its public sector employees. See NUPGE's James Clancy's reaction here. 
December 5, 2013 |
This December 4, 2013 New York Times article talks about how the financial crisis in Europe is opening the door to a dismantiling of labour policy along the lines as we have seen in the US. 
December 5, 2013 |
When Nora Loreto was in Winnipeg to release her new book, From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement, CCPA Mb. student intern, Gabriel Bako, met Nora and read her book. In this...
December 5, 2013 |
Why does Canada have less income disparity than the US? In a word: unions. Our higher union density ensures that workers enjoy better wages, benefits and protections. Read Jim Stanford's piece in the...
December 5, 2013 |
Lynne Fernandez summarizes A Family Living Wage for Manitoba, the 2013 Update in this issue of Work Life: "Minimum-wage workers are not just teenagers working at fast-food restaurants after school....
November 28, 2013 | Manitoba Office

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