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Decent or precarious? Understanding the quality of employment in Nova Scotia
The lived experience of workers reveals how far we still are from achieving decent and stable work for all.
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Living the high life: A record-breaking year for CEO pay in Canada
By 9:23 a.m. on January 2, 2025 Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had made what the average worker will make all year
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The Foundations of Decent Work: An Evaluation of Nova Scotia Labour Standards
This report finds that Nova Scotia continues to lag behind other jurisdictions regarding standard and minimal protections for workers in the province.
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The case for pro-union public policy
Higher unionization rates don’t just benefit workers, evidence suggests they also offer broad social benefits like a cleaner environment and better health.
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Ontario lost nearly 1,300 residential construction jobs last year—the worst in Canada
Public policy researchers spill a lot of ink on housing affordability, but we pay a lot less attention to residential construction as an employment sector.…
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Overcoming the new precariat: The future of work
“Jobs for life” were being replaced with concepts like downsizing, the 1990s word for mass layoffs, and golden handshakes, the euphemism for early retirement, which…
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