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Labour Matters is a product of the Trade Union Research Collective. The collective’s goal is to promote greater understanding of the positive role that unions play in the workplace, in the labour market, in the community, and in wider society.
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Work Life: Hard lessons from Europe’s austerity agenda
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 19, 2019 It’s been obvious since his election that Premier Pallister is committed to austerity. His government…
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Work Life: Everyone benefits everyone pays
It’s becoming difficult to keep up with the alarming developments unfolding in the US. But one in particular should be of great concern to Canadian…
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Work Life: Mayor playing with fire
Throughout 2018 there has been intense media scrutiny directed at Alex Forrest, the President of the United Firefighters of Winnipeg (UFFW).While this story continues to…
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Work Life: Government’s Directive is No Excuse
Labour Rights Prevail First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 9 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Manitoba Labour Board issued its ruling in…
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Work Life: Outsourcing Municipal Waste Kicking Workers to the Curb
Two new garbage and recycling contractors began operating across Winnipeg last October. The 7-year deal replaced Emterra and Progressive with Miller and GFL as the…
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Work Life: Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
35 Years of Experience In April 1982 the Constitution Act was proclaimed. It included the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter protects Canadians’…
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The Collapse of P3 Giant Carillion and Its Implications
Download 656.98 KB12 pages Carillion, a major global player in the promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) has gone into liquidation in the UK. The collapse…
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Indigenous Workers and Unions
The Case of Winnipeg’s CUPE 500 Download 869.69 KB36 pages Indigenous people have worked for wages for more than 150 years in Canada, and before…
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Winnipeg Free For All
Towards Democracy at City Hall Download 769.12 KB36 pages There is a power struggle going on at City Hall in Winnipeg that may open an…
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Pensions in Manitoba
What’s Working, What’s Not, What’s a Solution, What’s Not Download 788.17 KB 36 pages In a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives MB report on…
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Work Life: Take the Politics out of Pensions
In a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives MB report on Manitoba’s public-sector pensions Pensions in Manitoba: What’s Working, What’s Not, What’s a Solution and…
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