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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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Long-term care in Nova Scotia: Pandemic lessons and persistent failure
Between March and September of 2020, long-term care (LTC) workers in Nova Scotia completed an online survey about their work experience during the early parts…
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Health Care Privatization by Stealth
Privatization by stealth occurs in many ways within our public health care systems across Canada.
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The widening gap: Gender segregation and job polarization in the post-pandemic labour market
The post-pandemic recovery opened the door to better jobs for some female workers but the wages and working conditions of low-waged workers remain unchanged
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The benefits of adult education outweigh the costs
Adult basic education is a provincially funded program that reduces poverty, promotes reconciliation and improves the school performance of the children of adult learners. It…
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As Manitoba Hydro moves on energy strategy, staffing must remain in focus
Over the last year the Provincial Government and Manitoba Hydro have announced several projects that follow through on the province’s Affordable Energy Strategy, including Bipoles…
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Adult Education Key to Northern Economic Development
Large development projects are coming soon to northern Manitoba. Education—some now underway; some the missing piece so far—will be crucial in determining who benefits.
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We Have to Grow our Own
Economic development in Manitoba’s north requires increased investment in adult basic education.
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Lifting the Bottom, Building a Fair Economy for All Workers in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia government has announced that employers will have to pay minimum wage workers 50 cents more per hour in 2026, with a 25-cent…
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Honouring Local Activist Family Farmers: National Farmers Union, Manitoba Chapter
CCPA Manitoba honours the National Farmers Union Manitoba chapter.
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CUPW’s child care program is highly effective
Unions have long been champions in the fight for better child care. From organizing child care workers to speaking out for more accessible, affordable, and…
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The Foundations of Decent Work: An Evaluation of Nova Scotia Labour Standards
Halifax/Kjipuktuk— The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released ‘The Foundations of Decent Work: An Evaluation of Nova Scotia Labour Standards.’ This report assesses the…
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