Posted: Thursday, 10 December 2009
By Ken Georgetti - Canada’s finance ministers will meet in Whitehorse in mid-December to talk about pensions. The Canadian Labour Congress and its 3.2 million members welcome this development, but the retirement security crisis is too important to be solved … Read More
Posted: 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 much to be proud of, altho… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
By Ken Georgetti
The Ontario economy will receive $3.2 billion less in Employment Insurance benefits in 2009 than it would have under the program as it existed in 1990. Changes made to EI year-after-year by the federal government have eaten away at EI, making… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
By Ken Georgetti
The British Columbia economy will receive $1 billion less in Employment Insurance benefits in 2009 than it would have under the program as it existed in 1990. Changes made to EI year-after-year by the federal government have eaten away at EI,… Read More