How Did Canadian Workers And Unions Fare In 2024?
Hopes of using the relatively robust post-pandemic economy as a springboard to build something better seem to largely be fading.
Adam D.K. King
Adam D.K. King is an assistant professor in Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba.
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Trudeau Government Has Utter Contempt For Canada Post Workers
The government has affirmed that profit takes precedence over what limited rights workers have managed to secure.
Reviewing The State Of The Labour Market – November 2024
We need a real commitment to full employment that uses the public sector to guarantee jobs.
Federal Government Will Pocket Billions In Pension Funds
A government decision to take this money and use it as it pleases amounts to theft of workers’ deferred wages.
Trudeau’s Failure To Benefit Workers Has Empowered Conservatives
The state of labour in Canada, how we got here under Trudeau and where things may go if the Conservatives are elected.
Manitoba’s NDP Government Gets A C+ On Worker Safety
The Manitoba Federation of Labour report card evaluates the government’s health and safety track record
Canada Post Workers Are Fighting An Employer-Led Race To The Bottom
Like other labour battles in the public sector, the CUPW strike is about more than the interests of postal workers.
The Federal Government Has Crushed Another Pair Of Strikes
What is a Charter-protected right to strike worth if it still allows governments to act this way?
The UCP Has Kneecapped Alberta Education Workers’ Strike Rights
There’s little on which the UCP and federal Liberals agree, but when it comes to undermining workers, they’re of the same mind.