By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed levels of production. Those who today attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them. Martin Luther King speaking in 1961 On Labour Day 2011 unions in North America are facing historic challenges. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'unions'
On Labour Day, think about unions as an equalizing force
August 31st, 2011 · Keith Reynolds · 2 Comments · Economy, Employment & labour
Tags: BC Federation of Labour·CFIB·Inequality. Canadian Labour Congress·Labour Day·unions
The Frontier Centre’s dubious numbers about public sector wages
February 28th, 2011 · Keith Reynolds · 2 Comments · Employment & labour
As if the Fraser Institute needed any help getting its message in the media, there are now a number of Fraser clones that are preaching the same message. One of those clones, Winnipeg’s Frontier Centre for Public Policy, has gotten a lot of ink in the last few weeks with a report arguing that salaries [...]
Tags: Donner Foundation·Frontier Centre·public employees·unions
Reduction in unionization helped break the economy
December 5th, 2010 · Keith Reynolds · 1 Comment · Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare
Do unions have any role in today’s society? Right wing organizations like the Fraser Institute say no but a report from an unlikely source suggests otherwise. The International Monetary Fund, no left wing organization, has published a paper suggesting the decline of unionization is one of the causes of the financial crisis and an increase [...]
Tags: Canadian Labour Congress·CLC·IMF·International Monetary Fund·unions
