Unemployment Insurance
The Employment Insurance program must be there in tough times like these for those who paid into it. Laid-off workers need adequate benefits to support themselves and their families while they search for a new job.
But we are not prepared. Canada is in a recession and many workers will fall through the cracks of our broken EI system. EI is broken and it needs to be fixed, in this section you will find everything you need to know about EI from both a historical and current perspective.
Posted: Monday, 14 December 2009
This is the third in a series of analytical reports from the Social and Economic Policy Department of the Canadian Labour Congress looking at the impacts of the global economic crisis on the jobs, wages, and economic security of working Canadians.… Read More
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Introduction
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), we want to thank you for affording us the opportunity to present our views. The CLC brings together Canada’s national and international unions alon… Read More
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View All StatementsPosted: Tuesday, 8 September 2009
By Ken Georgetti
On Monday, September 7, Canadian workers will celebrate our economic and social achievements as we have every year since Labour Day was established as a national holiday in 1894. Over the past 115 years, we have had mu… Read More
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Canadian Labour Congress Submission to the Canada Employment Insurance Commission regarding the 2009 Employment Insurance (EI) Premium Rate Setting
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), we want to thank you… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
(Check Against Delivery)
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress, I want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to present our views on Bill C-50.
Members of the Committee, I am not here today t… Read More
Posted: Thursday, 4 March 2010
Canada needs added stimulus spending, improved EI, tax on global finance
OTTAWA – The federal budget has no plan to create jobs for 1.5 million unemployed Canadians and provides no road map to a prosperous economy, says Ken Georgetti, … Read More
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