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Recession Watch Bulletin: Issue 5 - Spring 2011

Posted: Thursday, 7 April 2011

This is the fifth 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. 1. Intro… Read More

CLC Analysis of the 2011 Federal Budget

Posted: Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Introduction With unemployment and underemployment still at high levels, the federal government should have led the way to a sustained and broadly shared economic recovery. Instead, the Conservative Budget introduces only very modest new job creation and s… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin: Issue 4 ― Winter 2010

Posted: Tuesday, 7 December 2010

This is the fourth 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. 1. In… Read More

CLC Calls on Prime Minister to extend Employment Insurance Special Measures

Posted: Tuesday, 10 August 2010

CLC President Ken Georgetti has called on Prime Minister Harper (in a letter below) to recognize that a continuing jobs crisis demands maintaining special measures taken in the 2009 Budget which are about to expire. Provisions to give an extra five weeks o… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin #3

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. One Year… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin #2

Posted: Wednesday, 1 July 2009

This is the second in a series of analytical reports from the Social and Economic Policy Department of the Canadian Labour Congress reporting on the impacts of the global economic crisis on the jobs, wages, and economic security of working Canadians. This … Read More

Communities in Crisis - Campbell River, British Columbia

Posted: Monday, 1 June 2009

What more can one town lose? Campbell River is a beautiful city of 36,500 people on the eastern shore of northern Vancouver Island. The community is situated at the entrance to Discovery Passage, the inside channel taken by ships of all kinds up north pas… 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 - 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 - 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

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