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Trade Union Research Collective
The Trade Union Research Collective (TURC) is a CCPA-managed network of labour researchers drawn from unions, universities, research institutes across Canada. It publishes original, independent, and cutting research about working people in Canada.
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Fast Facts: Hostile Labour Relations Cause Unnecessary Conflict with Brandon’s Public Sector Workers
Last week, the Manitoba Labour Board reinstated Brandon Professional Fire Fighters/Paramedics Association president Wade Ritchie in his job as a fire fighter. The city of…
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Fast Facts: Ask Target for Fairness
Retail jobs worth fighting for In 2011, American retail giant Target bought 189 Zellers stores across Canada. Soon after the purchase, the corporation sold 39…
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The Unintended Consequences of Outsourcing Cleaning Work
Download 1.04 MB42 pages The City of Toronto is currently debating whether or not to privatize as many as 1000 municipal cleaning staff. This paper…
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Labour Standards Reform in Nova Scotia
Reversing the War Against Workers Download 869.5 KB38 pages This report by Kyle Buott, Larry Haiven and Judy Haiven, confirms that standards for Nova Scotia’s…
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L’épée de Damoclès
Comment les compressions au gouvernement fédéral réduiront les services et feront augmenter le taux de chômage Cette étude a crée trois scénarios possibles pour examiner…
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The Cuts Behind the Curtain
How federal cutbacks will slash services and increase unemployment Download 1.41 MB46 pages This study explores the impact of the federal government’s 2010 and 2011…
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Fast Facts: What you need to know about the Brandon University strike
Professors, instructors, librarians and administrative staff on strike at Brandon University have been accused in the press of being selfish and irresponsible. Although it’s not…
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Climate Change and the Canadian Energy Sector
Implications for Labour and Trade Unions Download 2.03 MB80 pages This study argues that we need a fundamental rethinking of where Canada is going in…
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Why Unions Matter
Are unions more of a problem than a solution today? Anti-union sentiment has accelerated since the global crisis of 2008 brought economies to their knees…
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Fast Facts: How Unions Protect Our Human Rights
Unions are usually thought of as being about higher wages. It’s true. Unions do produce higher wages for their members (and often, as a result of…
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Labour Notes: The attack on unions has now come to Canada
How do we respond? Anyone who has been keeping tabs on recent developments in what can accurately be called the assault on trade unions and…
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The Shadow Public Service
The swelling ranks of federal government outsourced workers Download 517.03 KB28 pages If the federal government wants to get serious about spending controls, it needs…
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