Updates from the CCPA
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan has written a new blog post on why five years after the global economic crisis, inequality has become an inescapable political and economic issue, in Canada as...
September 19, 2013 |
The launch of Unifor Canada, after the merger of CAW and CEP, has created much commentary and provides us with new resources. Thanks to Jim Stanford for providing these links:
New Unifor website...
September 13, 2013 |
Andrew Jackson recently wrote this piece on right-to-work laws for the Globe and Mail. There are three especially useful links in the article:
one to the Fraser Institute Report that advocates for...
September 13, 2013 |
Are you concerned about climate change?
Researchers with Simon Fraser University and the CCPA are looking for people to participate in a study called “Alternative Media and Climate Change.”...
September 12, 2013 |
BC Office A new report from the CCPA’s Education Project tracks the affordability of university education across Canadian provinces. The study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since...
September 11, 2013 |
National Office This ILO publication by Marc Lavoie and Englebert Stockhammer discusses the role of wages as both a cost of production and the motor of demand. The authors argue that "the polarization of income...
September 10, 2013 |
We are proud to introduce CCPA’s exciting new initiative: Making Women Count—research that makes a difference in the lives of women in Canada. Headed by CCPA Research Associate, Kate McInturff, this...
September 9, 2013 |
National Office Later this month, CCPA's Education Project will be launching a new book, From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement, by Nora Loreto.
The book seeks to explain unionization to a...
September 6, 2013 |
National Office September 16-22 is Reconciliation Week in Vancouver, wrapping up with the Walk for Reconciliation on Sunday the 22nd. BC Director Seth Klein and other CCPA staff will be joining the walk, and we'd...
September 5, 2013 |
BC Office CLC economist Sylvain Schetange and Grant Belchamber, economist with the Australian Council of Trade Unions have authored a new report called "What Counts as a Job?" The authors argue that the “...
September 3, 2013 |
This new issue of Just Labour includes three articles on youth and labour and Andrew Jackson's paper "Up Against the Wall: the Political Economy of the New Attack on the Canadian Labour Movement"....
September 3, 2013 |
After a summer hiatus, our monthly Hennessy's Index has returned just in time for Labour Day weekend! The focus of the September edition is (appropriately) on unions. Read the latest index, here....
August 30, 2013 |
National Office The unified voice of the six unions was able to get the administration to listen to the concerns of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Local 3007...read more.
August 28, 2013 |
Manitoba Office Doctors are demonstrating their ethical duty to patients by working towards a society in which everyone has an opportunity to lead a healthy life. Last winter, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)...
August 16, 2013 |
Manitoba Office Join CCPA's Nova Scotia Office for a very special fall fundraiser. This year's event features Cape Breton's George MacKenzie performing as Karl Marx (returning to defend his life and his work) in the...
August 8, 2013 |
Nova Scotia Office