To cure our economic ills, we need a good diagnosis and the right medicine.The problem with the Canadian economy is not too much government debt or too big a deficit.
Zellers workers are gaining supporters across Canada with a new campaign that asks Target Corp. for fairness when the global retailer starts hiring and filling jobs for its “new” Canadian locations.
Caterpillar just reported that annual profits rose 83% to a record $4.9 billion. Electro-Motive received $5 million in federal tax breaks announced on the factory floor by Mr. Harper in 2008.
Rising inequality is not just present in Canada, but all over the world. Yet while poverty is on the rise, the profits of large corporations are skyrocketing.
The PSAC recognizes the contributions of many black workers, as well as the significance of places and events that have shaped black history in Canada.
The union representing the majority of postal workers across the country has notched up another win in its battle against the Harper government’s back-to-work legislation of last summer.
In its submission to the National Energy Board, Canada’s largest energy union says the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is being built to export more bitumen than we could even produce by 2025.
While we celebrate Black History Month we must also acknowledge that the history of Black Canadians is also a history that is too often under-acknowledged in our curriculum and in the media.
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb is working to create a community devoted to waging non-violence in a multi-faith, multi-racial and intergenerational context. She is speaking Saturday, January 28 in Toronto.
Fake clinics like the Kamloops centre try to give the impression they are secular medical clinics run by professionals, when most are staffed solely by volunteers with no counselling credentials.
In a bid to stand up for their basic human rights, Daniel and 69 of his coworkers filed a law suit in September 2011 based on Walmart's failure to meet the minimum requirements under US wage law.
The executive boards of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions have unanimously approved a process to explore the possibility of creating a new Canadian union
USW and unions around the world are drawing a line in the sand against Rio Tinto after the company locked out 780 USW Local 9490 members 24 hours prior to its legal authority to do so.
CAW President Ken Lewenza blasted the greed of corporate executives who have taken advantage of increasingly weaker government rules and regulations under the Harper government and around the globe.
Federal cutbacks announced in the 2010 and 2011 budgets will result in more than 60,000 job losses, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
This is an opportunity for stakeholders, including the oil industry, governments, environmentalists, First Nations groups and labour unions to come together and create a sustainable energy policy.