labour laws

Premier explains Alberta politics to children: 'Opposition Leader, what big teeth you have!'

| May 3, 2013

Once upon a time, while Alberta's premier was telling fairy tales to impressionable children, some of her senior officials were spinning fairy stories of their own.

Actually, this all happened yesterday.

The premier told a group of Grade 1 students at an Edmonton school library a story about a good princess named Alison, who built schools for children just like them, and a very bad princess named Danielle, who wouldn't build any schools at all!

The Alison in question, of course, is Premier Alison Redford herself, the one telling the story. The Danielle is Danielle Smith, leader of the Opposition Wildrose Party. And maybe Redford didn't use exactly those words, but you get the general idea.

Activist toolkit weekly roundup: Tools from past activists

Belinda Ellsworth

| January 28, 2013

As Chief Theresa Spence ends her six-week hunger strike, it's apparent that activists' actions can make a far-reaching impression. This week at the toolkit, we're reflecting on past activists who captured the public's attention in their bids for change, learning a few strategies to make our voices heard, and keeping in the loop about labour laws.

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Learn about how the Canadian Radio League successfully lobbied for a public broadcaster in Canada.

The 'new' Saskatchewan: Oklahoma North?

Simon Enoch

| September 17, 2012

Of the litany of proposed changes contained in the Saskatchewan government's Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in Saskatchewan, the most pernicious is the suggestion that employees be allowed to opt out of paying union dues, yet still receive the full benefits of union membership. This idea is dangerously reminiscent of U.S. right-to-work (RTW) laws that already pervade the American south and have recently been proposed in northern states like Wisconsin and Indiana.

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Back-to-the-future trend in U.S. labour law comes to Canada

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Caught in a punishing recession that just won't end, many Americans must think they've been transported back to the 1930s. Meanwhile, U.S. labour laws are heading even further back in time. Emboldened Republicans in several states are trying to dismantle the last remaining features of New Deal labour law (as codified in the 1935 Wagner Act).

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labour unions workers rights anti-union New Deal collective bargaining rights labour laws right to work

CAW President condemns changes to temporary foreign worker program

April 30, 2012 |

Changes to temporary foreign worker regulations will only increase abuse and worsen conditions for migrant workers.