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Labour History Girl
labour_girl
On this day in 1965, workers began a strike at Tilco Plastics in Peterborough over harassment and low wages. Co-owner Harold Pammett was accused of bad faith bargaining and stated
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Erika Shaker
ErikaShaker
When govts refuse to fund a #SafeSeptemberON it means they expect families to make up the difference: demanding educators do (more) unpaid work, allowing staff & students to work/learn in
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Katherine Scott
ScottKatherineJ
Employment was little changed in Nov, up just 0.3%. In today’s Jobs Report the impact of new restrictions in western Canada are evident. Overall, 574K are still without work, compared
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Robin Shaban
RobinShaban
Hot of the press, the @CompBureau has issued a statement on how it plans to assess non-poaching and wage-fixing agreements. If you care about fair wages and workers rights, then
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David Macdonald
DavidMacCdn
Fed paid leave is way overblown. Only 5% of hours couldn't be worked. Sure 27% of fed public servants claimed 699 leave but very small impact compared to overall pay.
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Gil McGowan
gilmcgowan
The UCP’s Bill 32 attempts to graft an American interpretation of worker rights (or lack thereof) onto Canadian labour law — and the results are both ugly and unconstitutional. Great
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𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗸
Dr_Dissonance
A very interesting discussion today courtesy members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (@sherryromanado, @MichelleRempel, @seblemire, @earl_dreeshen, @AliEhsassi, @beynate, @TracyGrayKLC, @BrianM
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Roxanne Dubois
roxannedubois
In 1995, Elaine McCoy chaired an Alberta government joint review committee that unanimously recommended against implementing "right-to-work" legislation in the province. #ableg #canlabHere are some of the final report's summar
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Sask Dispatch
SaskDispatch
So @unifor594 workers are still locked out, Saskatchewan still has the LOWEST MINIMUM WAGE in the country, and it seems like a GREAT TIME to live-tweet a reading of the
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Linda McQuaig
LindaMcQuaig
PM admits Canada no longer has vaccine production capability. That's because we privatized Connaught Labs—which contributed brilliantly to medical advances, incl development of polio vaccine. (see my book “The Sport
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Sean Tucker
SeanTucker16
Six months after @globeandmail investigation of unsafe OHS conditions at Cargill's High River, AB plant, site of 938 COVID infections + 2 COVID deaths, @globeandmail selected Cargill as one of
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PressProgress
pressprogress
PressProgress held Saskatchewan and Manitoba’s wealthy and powerful elites accountable in 2020.Here's how we made an impact this year in the Prairies:https://pressprogress.ca/how-pressprogress-held-saskatchewan-and-manitobas-wealthy-a
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