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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday March 19, 2024
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OTTAWA—Pay practices in the public sector are helping to narrow Canada’s gender and immigration pay gap, which is key to reducing income inequality, says a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
Click here to read the full report online. Pay practices in the public sector are helping to narrow Canada’s gender and immigration pay gap, which is key to reducing income inequality.
OTTAWA— D’après un nouveau rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les pratiques salariales du secteur public contribuent à réduire les écarts de rémunération entre les sexes et selon le statut d’immigration au Canada, ce qui est essentiel pour réduire les inégalités de revenus.
Les pratiques salariales du secteur public contribuent à réduire les écarts de rémunération entre les sexes et selon le statut d’immigration au Canada, ce qui est essentiel pour réduire les inégalités de revenus.
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The evidence presented in this report runs counter to arguments that card-check and anti-scab legislation give excessive power to workers over employers. Rather, card-check certification and a replacement worker ban are fundamental to upholding workers rights within Canada’s labour relations system. The right to join a union and the right to strike are two foundational aspects of Canadian labour relations. Testimonials from workers in this report make clear that mandatory votes suppress workers’ freedom to join a union without coercion from anti-union employers.

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