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Turning a blind eye to employers who break the law doesn’t solve the problem
Imagine if one day our police forces were cut in half, street patrols were eliminated, police stations closed, and people were told to send a…
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Public Sector “Reform” and the Future of Public Sector Unions
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December 2005: Protecting Parental Leave Benefits
Supreme Court ruling supports renewed calls for EI reform In a rare unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed the constitutionality of the…
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Eroding Worker Protections
BC’s New ‘Flexible’ Employment Standards Download 984.85 KB 48 pages
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FastFacts: The Employment Standards Act
Improving Conditions for Low-Wage Workers Download 33.76 KB 2 pages
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Paying Our Public Servants
The Dollars and Sense of BC and National Wage Trends Download 90.42 KB8 pages
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Paying our public servants
The season of public sector bargaining is upon us. While the teachers’ strike is over, bargaining now starts in earnest for the vast majority of…
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Moving Low-Income People in Winnipeg’s Inner City Into Good Jobs
Evidence on What Works Best Download 673.03 KB 60 pages
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Poor need more than T.E.A.
Saskatchewan’s Building Independence Program forces people into “low wage” traps Download 238.59 KB 4 pages
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Children need greater protection in the world of work
Two years ago the provincial government made dramatic changes to BC’s child labour rules, relaxing the laws and regulations that govern the hiring of children…
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October 2005: Here’s a Book that Fills the Vacuum About Labour in the Media
Book Review Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues By Andrew Jackson Canadian Scholars Press, 2005 The world of labour has virtually disappeared from the…
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Straddling the World of Traditional and Precarious Employment
A Case Study of the Courier Industry in Winnipeg Download 339.96 KB34 pages
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