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October 2005: Here's a Book that Fills the Vacuum About Labour in the Media

Work and Labour in Canada: Critical IssuesBy Andrew JacksonCanadian Scholars Press, 2005 The world of labour has virtually disappeared from the mass media. Twenty-five years ago, the two newspapers I read (the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star) each had a full-time labour reporter. So, too, did CBC Television News. Now there are none. We are, however, bombarded on an almost hourly basis on TV with business news, and the Globe and Mail has both a large Report on Business section and an RoB TV channel.

Straddling the World of Traditional and Precarious Employment

Child and Youth Employment Standards

Survey of young workers should prompt rethink of child and youth employment standards

(Vancouver) A new study that surveyed public school students raises concerns that BC’s employment regulations are leaving children and youth without adequate protections in the workplace.

Unions are still our best hope

When it comes to workers and unions there is good and bad news. The good news is that polls show that Canadians’ approval of unions is increasing. Most Canadians think that unions make a positive contribution to society and overall prosperity. And many workers would join a union if given a chance. These findings don’t come as a real surprise. Unions are the most democratic institutions, when it comes to giving workers a say in the economy. They provide workers with some clout when it comes to challenging increasing corporate dominance of our economy and society.

FastFacts: Manitoba's Minimum Wage?

FastFacts: The Way Forward for Labour

Time for a Real Raise

Nova Scotians subsidizing minimum wage employers: report

HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has not had a real minimum wage increase in more than 20 years, according to a report release today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS).  “Time for a Real Raise: The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage,” finds that the stagnating minimum wage is contributing to poverty and the development of a low-wage economy in Nova Scotia. 

FastFacts: Wal-Mart’s Actions Hurt More Than Just Its Workers

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