Publication Archive

Communities in Crisis - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

Struggle within at a time of prosperity The thing about a ‘boom to bust’ economic model is who pays the price for the ride?  Workers and community activists in Saskatoon know who is paying and who is being carried. They also have a critical understand… Read More

Communities in Crisis - Oshawa, Ontraio

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

This has been devastation Employment has dropped from 12,000 at GM Oshawa to just over 3,500 in two years. For each job lost, another 7.5 jobs were lost in auto parts and services. Long-time resident Sandra Kicinko says, “This has been devastation.” In… Read More

Communities in Crisis - Welland, Ontario

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

We’ve got a huge social problem on the horizon Welland is a city of about 50,000 located in the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario. The community has a strong labour tradition, and its mainly unionized plants have provided decent work. Even after man… Read More

Communities in Crisis - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

It’s just way too much In the Spring of 2009, the unemployment rate in Northern Ontario was 13.6%, a record level since December 2000, and well above the provincial unemployment rate. Sault Ste. Marie felt the impact of the crisis in the steel industry.… Read More

Communities in Crisis - Miramichi, New Brunswick

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

Miramichi in the midst of the storm Miramichi, a community located in the north-east of New Brunswick, about 1½ hours north of Moncton, is a relatively small community in Canada, but one of the largest urban communities in New Brunswick. With a populati… Read More

Communities in Crisis - Liverpool Nova Scotia

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

A very caring community Since Europeans began settling on the south shore of Nova Scotia in the 1700s most people have found their livelihoods in the abundant resources of the forest and the sea. Over centuries hard working people have built communities w… Read More

Toward Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Workplace

Posted: Thursday, 21 May 2009

Disability and Exclusion As proposed by the World Health Organization, people are considered to have a disability or activity limitation if they have a physical or mental condition, or a health problem that restricts their ability to perform activities tha… Read More

CLC / UFCW Canada respond to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee re: change to Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Posted: Friday, 8 May 2009

Just over a year ago, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration began a national study of Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program and non-status workers. The Committee visited a dozen cities and received over 100 written submissions and… Read More

Chrysotile Asbestos Consensus - Health Canada Report

Posted: Friday, 8 May 2009

Health Canada convened the expert panel to assess cancer risks associated with today's typical chrysotile asbestos exposure in Canada, and to give an opinion on how the proportion of tremolite in commercial chrysotile influences the exposure-response relati… Read More