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Firms with more robots also have more workers overall, Statistics Canada study says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces. The findings released Monday show that over two decades, firms th...
Nov 02, 2020
Conservatives must take inequality seriously, O'Toole says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole took aim Friday at what he called financial elites, saying his own party needs to take inequality more seriously and to support ongoing emergency aid. H...
Oct 30, 2020
Economic recovery threatened if some workers, households left behind, Macklem says
OTTAWA - An economic rebound that leaves behind parts of the Canadian labour force in the short term could end up jeopardizing the recovery from COVID-19 in the long run, Canada's top central banker s...
Oct 30, 2020
Fierce fight brewing as unhappy jail guards in Ontario seek to form new union
TORONTO - Disaffected Ontario correctional officers are pushing for their own union in an increasingly bitter battle to win the hearts and cards of thousands of front-line jail workers. Backed by a we...
Oct 30, 2020
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against Kenney government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, provincewide general strikes. Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
EI commissioners say workers, companies want non-partisan review of system, stat
OTTAWA - The representatives for employers and workers in the employment insurance system say they are deeply concerned that a promised review of the program will be lost in the heat of a minority Par...
Oct 28, 2020
Report warns taxpayers are spending more on privatized Defence Department services
OTTAWA - Two unions representing Canadian defence employees are calling on the federal government to stop privatizing National Defence services. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Union of ...
Oct 26, 2020
As N.L.’s oil industry sputters, the emotional toll of the cod moratorium looms large
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Dave Mercer spent the early 1990s roaming around Newfoundland and Labrador, trying to get enough hours to qualify for unemployment insurance in an economy levelled by the collapse o...
Oct 24, 2020
Federal study details workers hit hardest by tax, benefit system for extra earnings
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Finance Department officials calculated that workers near the bottom of the income ladder are dinged hardest for extra earnings than anybody else, including thos...
Oct 23, 2020
Cathay Pacific cuts 8,500 jobs, shutters regional airline
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday it would cut 8,500 jobs and shut a regional airline as it grapples with the plunge in air travel due to the pandemic. About 5,300 employees base...
Oct 21, 2020
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