Politics

Claim wage inequality in ‘female-dominated’ jobs earning 28% less than for men doing work of equal value. Call for action on Equal Pay Day April 9. By Stella Yeadon – Child care, child welfare, developmental service and community agency staff ...

Canada has lagged behind other similar countries in a number of economic indicators, including its productivity By Dennis Gruending – The President of the Canadian Labour Congress is calling for an all out effort to provide skills training to unemployed ...

‘Both the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development say that access to broadly-based collective bargaining is the only way to build a healthy middle class in a country’ By Dennis Gruending – More than 350 ...

‘Apparently, the BC Liberals had lined up some Chinese Canadian community leaders in mid-February to accept the apology motion in the Legislature on March 14th. Their plans were thwarted by the Haakstad memo. The community leaders would have been validating ...

Latest brings union call for more staff to prevent deranged patients from hurting others By Stella Yeadon – Following yet another tragic death at an Ontario long-term care (LTC) residence, front-line nurses and personal support workers (PSWs) today renewed their ...

‘If you look up the definition of hell on earth, it’s trying to build a solar farm in Ontario and partnering with the government’ By Candice Malcolm – Kevin O’Leary knows a good deal when he sees one. The lead ...

‘Not only is the Health Minister covering up the cuts and privatization, she has also fomented these cuts without any proper health planning process and without any democratic process’ By Kim Johnston – The Ontario Health Coalition has responded to ...

Only one in three working Canadians receives workplace training today.And, according to the latest Conference Board of Canada report, Canadian businesses invest less than $700 per employee per year compared to more than a $1,000 in the US. By Marc ...

SomeOfUs.org hopes CRTC will punish the Sun network owner Quebecor by denying it a presence on basic cable channels By Angus Wong – The Conservative propaganda machine, Sun News, has been accused of biased reporting in favor of the Harper ...

Fraser Institute is the same ‘think tank’ than includes dim-witted Mike Harris as one of its deep thinkers By Sid Ryan – Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan thanked the Fraser Institute – a right-wing think tank – for ...