Labour Matters Updates
The Alternate Routes journal publishes methodologically-sound political economy research that is of interest to labour researchers. The article Toby Sangster referred to on the TURC listserver is in...
April 19, 2013 |
Are unions doing a good job of connecting with young workers and teaching them about their rights in the workplace? A TURC (Trade Union Research Collective) member provided us with this article on...
April 18, 2013 |
CCPA Ontario is holding a one-day symposium featuring leading union researchers and communicators on Monday April 22, 2013.
Speakers include: Janet Schaffer, AFL-CIO; Brynne Sinclair-Waters, OFL, ...
April 18, 2013 |
TURC members have been responding to Armine's posting about the debate heating up in the Senate on Bill C-377. It is heartening that the odd Senator has the sense and the conviction to push back on...
April 17, 2013 |
It turns out that the banking sector is not the only one to take advantage of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP). The airline industry is also happily lowering costs with TWFs at the same...
April 16, 2013 |
In recent years, Canada has seen an explosion of low-skilled temporary foreign workers. Though outsourcing is not new, the practice is under renewed scrutiny—especially given the recent alleged in-...
April 9, 2013 |
National Office For anyone doing research on work and gender, here is a valuable resource: the Gender and Work Database is housed at York University and maintained by a team of respected researchers. The GWD is...
April 8, 2013 |
For some old arguments in a new format, check out this Orwellian video, compliments of Target, for this season's newest line of anti-union propaganda. Two exemplary Target "team members" explain why...
March 28, 2013 |
National Office Union women fought hard for equity gains over the past five decades. In the current climate of recession, cutbacks, and austerity, are we now losing ground? A veryuseful website from York University ...
March 27, 2013 |
More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled workers to professionals of all...
March 27, 2013 |
National Office If you haven’t run across the Citizen’s Press website yet, we recommend that you take a look.
Citizen's Press is a Canadian online publication for progressive, union-oriented researchers, activists...
March 8, 2013 |
National Office Unions in a Democratic Society: A Response to the Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in Saskatchewan, a new CCPA report by Christopher Schenk, critically reviews the contemplated...
September 24, 2012 |
National Office, Saskatchewan Office The age and educational attainment of the US workforce have increased significantly since 1979. Since older and better educated workers generally have higher pay and better benefits, one might...
August 3, 2012 |
National Office In an article entitled "Crime and the Decline of Unions," economics professors Robert Baumann and Bryan Engelhardt of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts estimate the elasticity...
August 3, 2012 |
National Office The final report of the proposal committee for a new union combining the CAW and CEP contains many intriguing ideas, not least being the 5 regional councils, funded by a separate per capita levy,...
August 3, 2012 |
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