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Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights
The Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (CFLR) is a national voice devoted to promoting labour rights as an important means to...
April 22, 2013
Canadian Foundation of Labour Rights International Conference
Toronto (27 March 2013) – More than 160 people gathered in Toronto to discuss the critical role labour rights and unions play in reducing income inequality, advancing democracy, and promoting the...
April 22, 2013
Alternate Routes journal
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...
April 19, 2013
Youth and Unions
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...
April 18, 2013
Labour Symposium in Ontario
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-...
April 18, 2013
Push back on Bill C-377
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...
April 17, 2013
Canadian Airlines also use TFWs
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...
April 16, 2013
Armine Yalnizyan on the business of outsourcing in Canada
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
A valuable resource: gender and work database
For anyone doing research on work and gender, here is a valuable resource: the Gender and Work Database is...
April 8, 2013
Businesses, not unions; guests, not customers, team members, not employees
For some old arguments in a new format, check out this Orwellian video,...
March 28, 2013 | National Office

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