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‘Hope labour’ leaves people working in creative industries open to exploitation as they try to develop their careers.
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Enforcement of labour market regulation among small businesses such as hand car washes and nail salons is too complicated.
The strikes bill aims to establish rules minimum services levels during industrial action for certain industries.
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The UK parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has suggested changes to the strikes bill but even those may not go far enough.
The Ontario Assembly on Workplace Democracy examined how everyday people experience work and what they want done to make work better and their voices heard.
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Improving the ability for worker’s voices and perspectives to be heard in the workplace could have wide ranging benefits for employers and broader society at large.
British Columbian workers in the public sector, transit and transportation have voted to take job action in recent weeks to fight for their right to earn livable wages.
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If the labour movement can organize and mobilize working people in B.C. and Canada, the change could be significant.
The UK is experiencing a spike in industrial action as workers facing the cost of living crisis try to negotiate for wage increases.
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Strikes are happening across various UK industries at the moment, but what is the history of strike action in UK?
Ontario Federation of Labour rallies in May called for improving workers’ rights and repairing deep inequalities that have been highlighted and deepened by the pandemic.
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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.
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For Canadians hoping to emerge from the pandemic with better jobs, a stronger economy and reduced inequality, employee ownership combined with employee participation is a promising way to get there.
Staten Island’s Amazon distribution centre union organizer Chris Smalls celebrates with union members after getting the voting results to unionize their warehouse on April 1, 2022.
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Staten Island’s Amazon union has proven that one of the most powerful anti-union companies in North America can be unionized.
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Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has now reached people of working age. Here’s what you need to know about taking time off for your shot and if you’ll get paid.
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We need a holistic response that considers the systemic reasons that force people to lie about working.
Workers in a pork processing plant, 2016.
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COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred at more than 100 US meatpacking plants. Geography, workforce demographics and economic concentration make it hard for workers to fight for better conditions.
Labor wants higher minimum pay for temporary visa holders, but most are already being paid much more.
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Bill Shorten’s promise to tighten the visa system for short-term skilled migrants won’t do anything for local jobs or wages.
López Obrader wants to cut salaries for all government workers in Mexico, including himself.
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Mexico’s new president has reduced his own salary and demanded that all federal workers
– including lawmakers and judges – take a massive pay cut, too. That may be illegal.
Relationships at work affect employees’ decisions to stay in jobs.
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While pay and profit are not irrelevant in employees’ work decisions, there are other motivators.
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All companies with over 250 employees would be required to have one third of its board comprised of employee representatives.
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And it doesn’t involve immigrant bashing. Quite the opposite.
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Work dominates many of our lives, often in ways that are detrimental to our health and well-being.
The Working Time Directive is designed to stop this kind of behaviour.
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The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48-hour working week.
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When people get locked into the gig economy, it adversely affects other areas of their lives, from health to housing