Employment and labour
In less than one year the new Government in Victoria has enacted legislation that: made education an essential service; mandated secret ballot votes prior to union certification (giving employers an added opportunity to intimidate workers); stripped worker’s rights from collective agreements; removed broader-based bargaining in the construction industry; and repealed the Skills Development and Fair Wage Act.
I am glad to be talking to you today about the jobs vs. the environment dilemma because a major focus of my job is trying to resolve this dichotomy. I work with an advisory group of people who are from the labour, environmental, and First Nations communities and I’ve done research on BC’s forestry, oil and gas, fishing, and mining sectors.
Winnipeg -- Manitoba's Workers Compensation Act leaves thousands of injured workers without adequate compensation, or with no compensation at all. And the rate-setting policy adopted by the Workers Compensation Board during the 1990s violates the historical compromise upon which the system is based -- a compromise that benefited employers and workers.
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