Publication Archive

Workplace Training in Ireland and the United Kingdom

Posted: Monday, 30 March 2009

Notes on a Study Tour Organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour November 10-14, 2008 The Ontario Federation of Labour organized a study tour to Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom in mid-November 2008 to examine apprenticeship governance systems … Read More

Green Infrastructure Investments

Posted: Wednesday, 25 March 2009

"Green" infrastructure investments create more jobs dollar for dollar than investments in traditional fossil fuel industries, tax cuts or investments to boost consumer spending." Green Job Creation "Green" infrastructure investments are a greater so… Read More

Towards a Closer Economic Partnership? Submission regarding proposed negotiations between Canada and the European Union

Posted: Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Towards a Closer Economic Partnership? Submission by the Canadian Labour Congress to the Minister of International Trade on the proposed negotiations between Canada and the European Union Introduction On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the Canadian … Read More

Summary and Analysis of CFIB’s Research Report: Wage Watch: A Comparison of Public-sector and Private-sector Wages

Posted: Tuesday, 24 March 2009

CFIB Does it Again: Comparing Apples to Fruit Salad On December 2nd 2008, the CFIB released a detailed analysis of the 2006 census findings on full-time earnings by sector and occupation that shows that government and public-sector employees are paid roug… Read More

Learning to Work, Working to Learn: Union Voices on Work Related Education and Training

Posted: Thursday, 19 March 2009

Between May and November 2007, six labour roundtables on the topic of work and learning were held across Canada. The sessions were organized by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) with the support of the Work and Learning Knowledge Centre (WLKC), one of five… Read More

Federal Budget, January 27, 2009 - Environmental Assessment

Posted: Wednesday, 11 March 2009

The Harper government has failed Canadians on environmental issues. For Canada to even come close achieving our fair share of global greenhouse gas emissions reductions, boost our economy and create jobs; we needed large scale investments in mass transit, p… Read More

Women's Economic Equality Fact Sheets

Posted: Thursday, 5 March 2009

Working Women: Still a Long Way from Equality While the gap between men’s and women’s wages did narrow from the 1970s, when women earned about two-thirds of the male dollar, the wage gap has stood at around 70% since then (70.5% for full-time, full-y… Read More

To Our Allies: Everything you ever wanted to know about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Issues

Posted: Wednesday, 4 March 2009

The Canadian labour movement stands in solidarity with the struggles of LGBT communities across the country. This alliance has resulted in an impressive record of victories for LGBT rights at work, in the legal arena and within our own trade union movement… Read More

Pay Inequity: Canadian Labour Congress Analysis of the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act

Posted: Tuesday, 3 March 2009

I. Key messages This new legislation introduces the notion that women's work in the public sector should be valued according to prevailing market conditions in the private sector. It asserts a false equivalence between management and the union b… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin #1

Posted: Sunday, 1 March 2009

This is the first in what we expect to be a series of short analytical reports from the Social and Economic Policy Department of the Canadian Labour Congress, digging into and reporting on Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey and Employment Insurance data.… Read More