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Swingeing cuts especially to infrastructure spending after 2025 give Labour some choices to make.
Frustration about unsettled bargaining that predates the pandemic could get channelled into pronounced resistance from educational workers during the coming months.
Through the Scarborough Charter, many Canadian universities committed to fostering alternative ways of knowing. But more must be done to realize that commitment.
Lawmakers and courts in Ghana must strengthen protections for drivers of ride hailing companies
Canada is facing a critical shortage of skilled tradespeople, only doomed to get worse with retirement rates. Our only hope is to attract more workers before it’s too late.
Seahorse fathers use different muscles and hormones to give birth than female animals.
In the Copperbelt the category of ‘expatriate’ recreated a dual wage structure that still persists.
The impacts of COVID-19 must be incorporated into women, peace and security planning in order to improve the lives of women and girls in postwar countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Economists discuss current political proposals designed to tackle the cost of living crisis.
South Africa should ensure that changes to energy efficient vehicles is done in a way that creates jobs and protects workers.
Previous government bailouts have set a precedent for intervention in the cost of living crisis
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Innovation in the digital space is not necessarily working for people in the global south.
Mozambique’s trade unions have not been a strong force in society – which has left a space for others to fill.
If the labour movement can organize and mobilize working people in B.C. and Canada, the change could be significant.
New Zealand has reached the lowest unemployment rate in decades but low wage workers may still struggle to negotiate an increase in wages.
In democratic contexts, getting women into work empowers them. In autocracies like Ethiopia’s, this doesn’t hold. We found out why.
In this time of unrest, insecurity and fear, unions and their new, more diverse leadership offer a path to improving workers’ rights and repairing deep social and economic inequalities.
The work-life balance is about more than shutting off devices or abstaining from emails and meetings after 6 p.m.
Amazon can become the Earth’s best employer, but this must involve democratizing the workplace, recognizing the legitimate right of employees to organize and cooperating with labour representatives.
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