The Hammer. For the Canadian Association of Labour Media conference. Featuring hours and hours of cutting edge workshops on communications new and old for union communicators. Including yours truly talking about content strategy for unions and serving …

As a partner in Blue Green Canada, the United Steelworkers have issued the following news release: WTO Called Upon to Dismiss Japan, EU Challenge to Canadian Renewable Energy Policy Canadian NGOs and labour unions have sent an amicus curiae submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the eve of a second hearing tomorrow into [...]

But can we really blame inadequate funding?

This is kind of amazing – the BC Public Schools Employers’ Association (the arms-length thing the government created to manage negotiations with the BCTF) is going to the LRB to try to have the withdrawal by teachers from voluntary activities declared illegal. Uhh, what? So the BC government thinks that not volunteering is illegal? What’s [...]

Below is a recent tweet from a new worker/NDP/union attack Twitter i.d. talking about how awful unionized workers are. Read it, then let’s de-spin it for sanity: Average salary in BC $44k, average teacher salary $70k bced.gov.bc.ca/reporting #Underpaid #Overworked #Lies #BCPoli #BCNDP #BCTF via Twitter / @NotBCNDP: Average salary in BC $44k, …. Firstly, teachers [...]

Murray Mandryk’s excellent column today saves me the trouble of writing a lengthy blog post on the Saskatchewan government’s recent musings about labour legislation. From an economic perspective, it’s worth noting that enabling unionized workers to opt out of paying union dues would create a classic free-rider problem. Indeed, Wikipedia’s article on this topic uses [...]

Needless to say I AMA big fan of Governor Scott Walkers. His labour reforms are working! The dems will fail to unseat him, but will waste a lot of their money. We need leadership in Canada like this. Premier Brad Wall is looking at the rand formula, …

I had a great change of pace last week, when I stayed out at the CAW Family Education Centre at Port Elgin to teach a 5-day course on “Economics for Trade Unionists” through the CAW’s Paid Educational Leave program.
While I have guest lectured many tim…

I had a great change of pace last week, when I stayed out at the CAW Family Education Centre at Port Elgin to teach a 5-day course on “Economics for Trade Unionists” through the CAW’s Paid Educational Leave program. While I have guest lectured many times at Port Elgin, I have never actually taught a [...]

The Toronto Cyclists Union’s members will vote on dropping the “Union” from the group’s name.

Toronto’s largest membership-based cycling advocacy group may adopt a new moniker. This week, members of the Toronto Cyclists Union will consider a proposal from their board of directors to change the organization’s name to Cycle Toronto. The rebrand, which members of the union will put to a vote at the TCU’s annual general meeting on [...]

Ben Isitt is a Victoria city councillor, historian, professor, lawyer and optimist. Rarely have I been so moved by an account of the struggle working people have in the face of this new world order of anti-worker 1%ism. We are so effectively trained to accept the balance of power is heavily tilted towards employers and [...]

If Romney Hates Government And Its Workers So Much Why Is He Running For President?, Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future
Mitt Romney says government workers are paid too well and in general government is a bad thing. But he wants to run it. Rom…

If Romney Hates Government And Its Workers So Much Why Is He Running For President?, Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future Mitt Romney says government workers are paid too well and in general government is a bad thing. But he wants to run …

UBC official blames union

I try to avoid media attention to education because frankly I find it discouraging and hurtful.  Lately the government has been on a mission to discredit teachers so that public opinion will be on their side.  That is not hard…

Canada’s governments are among the worst offenders when it comes to legislating striking workers back to work. Since 1982 more complaints have been made against Canada at the level of International Labour Organization than any other country in the worl…

The deets:
Saturday, April 21, 20123:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Queen’s ParkIntersection of College Street and University AvenueSubway — Queen’s Park stationToronto, ON
The call out:
Tell Premier McGuinty to build Ontario, not tear it apart.
Premier McGuinty …

Government attacks against worker rights and the social wage are threatening hard-earned gains and advances for workers in Canada on many fronts and in many incremental ways. In this two-part series, we will look some of these struggles and what is at …

Government attacks against worker rights and the social wage are threatening hard-earned gains and advances for workers in Canada on many fronts and in many incremental ways. In this two-part series, we will look some of these struggles and what is at …

I am a stay-at-home Mom, married to a civil servant. I am Mad. No, I am goddamn good and furious. The Theocons love love love to make things easier for traditional families. They give us $100/month for childcare, whether we need it, use it, or not. The…