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Lack of Foresight, not Lack of Skills, is the Problem

WebThe Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation reports that 58% of Canadian workers in 2018 held a tertiary qualification. That’s the best in the …

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Best Way to Protect the Economy is to Protect Human Health

WebCanada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be hampered by the false belief among some government leaders that restricting activity and movement …

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Strengthening Workers’ Voice in the Future of Work

WebMarch 16, 2021. The Centre for Future Work has published a major new report on the economic and social benefits of workers’ voice. There is abundant evidence that jobs are …

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Encouraging Job Numbers, but a Long Way to Recovery

WebWe will need sustained government leadership – akin to rebuilding an economy after a war (as I argued in the Policy Options journal) – to escape that …

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Second Wave of COVID Job Losses Just as Unfair as the First

WebCommentary on January 2021 employment data by Jim Stanford: With most of Canada fighting a bigger, deadlier second wave of COVID infection, labour markets in most …

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Estimates of the Gross Cost of Paid Sick Day Provisions in …

WebIn Australia, the Centre is a project of the Australia Institute, Australia’s pre-eminent progressive research centre, based in Canberra. Centre for Future Work 520 – 700 West …

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Sector Bargaining and Broader Based Bargaining

WebLabour advocates and researchers around the world have been investigating the possibility of new systems of sectoral or broader based collective bargaining, as a promising …

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Quick Progress on National Child Care Would Accelerate …

WebThe federal government has promised major funding for a national child care and early learning program in Canada. A recent Centre for Future Work report …

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Recovery from Pandemic Will Need an Ambitious Rebuilding Plan

WebThe unprecedented shutdown of much of the economy to limit spread of the coronavirus is not like an “ordinary” recession – and recovering from it will require …

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Rebuilding Canada’s Economy Must Start with Rebuilding Work

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have shone an unforgiving spotlight on several long-standing fractures in Canada’s labour market. …

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Pandemic Forces Us to Rethink What Jobs are Worth

WebThis commentary originally appeared in the Toronto Star. After COVID-19, We Need to Appreciate and Value Essential Work In any public emergency, like the …

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Jim Stanford, Author at Centre for Future Work

WebJim Stanford is Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work. He divides his time between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver, Canada. Jim is one of …

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Facilitating Workers’ Choice to Get Together

WebFacilitating Workers’ Choice to Get Together. April 19, 2022. It’s no surprise that more workers seek the bargaining power and protection that comes with a union: to …

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Sector Bargaining and Broader Based Bargaining

WebSectoral, occupational, and other broader-based bargaining systems allow negotiations to occur at more than one workplace or enterprise at a time: across …

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There’s no Shortage of Labour: Employers Have to Improve their …

WebAs the COVID-19 recession continues to destroy jobs and incomes across Canada, some employer lobbyists are complaining that federal government income …

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Don’t be Fooled by Ontario’s ‘Minimum Wage’ for Gig Workers

WebFebruary 28, 2022. Just months before a provincial election, the Ontario government has announced a plan to guarantee a ‘minimum wage’ of $15/hour for gig workers. It sounds …

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Work, Wages, and Basic Income after COVID

Web5 explicitly sought to reinforce the power of employers to employ labour, with great flexibility and discipline, for lower cost. More recently, Canada has made some important progress …

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Real Truckers Have Real Issues That Could be Solved With …

WebDespite claims of organizers, the protests and blockades in Ottawa and at several of Canada’s border crossings are not really about issues faced by working truck …

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Open Letter on Regulating Platform Work From B.C. Experts in …

WebLast year the B.C. government began the process of developing employment standards and other protections for app-based ride-hail and food-delivery workers. The …

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