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A Collective Community Voice
The history of the struggle of working people emphasizes the point that in unity there is strength. Through collective action, workers formed unions so they could have a voice in deciding wages, working conditions and addressing the many problems and issues that arise in the workplace. But just as workers use collective strength in the workplace to achieve their goals, so should they use collective action to improve the quality of life in the communities in which they live... read more>>> |
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Government changes victimizing migrant workers
Friday, 18 May 2012
Ken Georgetti’s Opinion editorial as published in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix on May 18, 2012:
The federal government's new rules regarding migrant workers are yet another example of Ottawa's meddling in the labour market to favour employers and drive down wages.
The primary victims are migrant workers who lack access to many of the rights and protections accorded to Canadians and can be paid less. Beyond that, all workers and their communities are threatened by the government's low-wage
strategy... read more>>>
Ken Georgetti’s Opinion editorial as published in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix on May 18, 2012:
The federal government's new rules regarding migrant workers are yet another example of Ottawa's meddling in the labour market to favour employers and drive down wages.
The primary victims are migrant workers who lack access to many of the rights and protections accorded to Canadians and can be paid less. Beyond that, all workers and their communities are threatened by the government's low-wage
strategy... read more>>>
“WE ARE ONTARIO”
Our collective fightback against the Liberal budget was inspiring. Beginning
with an Executive Board resolution in early February that called for a full-out
campaign against McGuinty’s austerity budget, and culminating with the huge April 21 mass demonstration at Queen’s Park, we were the catalysts for all of the positive elements in the final budget deal that was eventually brokered... read more>>>
Improved job numbers may not be sustainable: CLC President comments on Labour Force Survey for March 2012
Thursday, 5 April 2012
OTTAWA – The President of the Canadian Labour Congress has welcomed improvements in the job market in March, but Ken Georgetti says they may not be sustainable.
“We are very pleased to see that the number of full-time jobs increased in March,” says Georgetti, but in the five previous months 40,700 Canadians lost full-time jobs.
Georgetti was commenting on the release by Statistics Canada of its Labour Force Survey for March 2012. The national unemployment rate was 7.2% and there were 1,356,200 unemployed Canadians in March. He says the job market would have to see sustained improvements to get back to where it was before the 2008 recession... read more>>>
OTTAWA – The President of the Canadian Labour Congress has welcomed improvements in the job market in March, but Ken Georgetti says they may not be sustainable.
“We are very pleased to see that the number of full-time jobs increased in March,” says Georgetti, but in the five previous months 40,700 Canadians lost full-time jobs.
Georgetti was commenting on the release by Statistics Canada of its Labour Force Survey for March 2012. The national unemployment rate was 7.2% and there were 1,356,200 unemployed Canadians in March. He says the job market would have to see sustained improvements to get back to where it was before the 2008 recession... read more>>>
CLC Analysis of the 2012 Federal Budget
Budgets are all about choices. With unemployment and underemployment still at very high levels and a shrinking middle-class, the federal government could and should have laid the basis for a sustained and broadly shared economic recovery.
The federal government should be taking a larger and stronger role in making the economy work for average Canadians, and developing policies that ensure that all Canadians can afford their basic needs in tough times.
Instead, we got a budget that cuts jobs rather than creates jobs; which attacks needed public services and social programs; and undermines rather than enhances retirement security... read more>>>
The federal government should be taking a larger and stronger role in making the economy work for average Canadians, and developing policies that ensure that all Canadians can afford their basic needs in tough times.
Instead, we got a budget that cuts jobs rather than creates jobs; which attacks needed public services and social programs; and undermines rather than enhances retirement security... read more>>>
OFL:ONTARIO BUDGET DELIVERS BILLIONS TO BANKERS BUT JOB LOSS AND DEEP CUTS FOR ONTARIO FAMILIES
Today, the McGuinty government delivered two budgets to the province: a lucrative one for corporations and the financial sector and another full of deep cuts to core services for everyone else. McGuinty’s stubborn refusal to increase
provincial revenue through the fair taxation of banks and corporations will cost many their jobs and many more their livelihoods... read more>>>
provincial revenue through the fair taxation of banks and corporations will cost many their jobs and many more their livelihoods... read more>>>
Budget Must Focus on Jobs: Georgetti says latest EI numbers point to erosion of job quality
Friday, 17 February 2012
OTTAWA – New figures released today about the number of unemployed workers
who qualify for help from the federal government’s Employment Insurance program
suggests that the post-recession jobs recovery is precarious at best.
In December 2011, just 39% of unemployed workers were collecting regular EI benefits, according to today’s release of numbers from Statistics Canada. That’s well below the 50% coverage rate in 2009 and much lower than the proportion of the unemployed who were able to access benefits before the recession. All this while the number of people looking for work was on the rise – there were 1.4 million unemployed workers in December, up 53,800 from the post-recession low in September, but the number of unemployed collecting EI benefits fell over the same period... read more>>>
OTTAWA – New figures released today about the number of unemployed workers
who qualify for help from the federal government’s Employment Insurance program
suggests that the post-recession jobs recovery is precarious at best.
In December 2011, just 39% of unemployed workers were collecting regular EI benefits, according to today’s release of numbers from Statistics Canada. That’s well below the 50% coverage rate in 2009 and much lower than the proportion of the unemployed who were able to access benefits before the recession. All this while the number of people looking for work was on the rise – there were 1.4 million unemployed workers in December, up 53,800 from the post-recession low in September, but the number of unemployed collecting EI benefits fell over the same period... read more>>>
OFL PRESIDENT CALLS ON DUNCAN TO REJECT ENTIRE PREMISE OF DRUMMOND COMMISSION: Economic recovery not possible without corporate tax fairness
The Ontario Federation of Labour says Ontario’s regime of corporate tax cuts has starved the province of billions of dollars and helped create a $16 billion deficit. At a meeting this morning between the heads of the province’s largest trade unions and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, the OFL will call for corporate tax fairness, not cuts to jobs and services.
“The Drummond Commission ignores the very cause of the problem it was tasked to solve. The financial crisis of 2008 was created by a stock market collapse, not health care, education or other services that Ontarians rely on,” said OFL President Sid Ryan... read more>>>
“The Drummond Commission ignores the very cause of the problem it was tasked to solve. The financial crisis of 2008 was created by a stock market collapse, not health care, education or other services that Ontarians rely on,” said OFL President Sid Ryan... read more>>>
