A waitress wears a mask while carrying drinks for guests inside the Blu Martini restaurant in Kingston, Ont., in July 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg September 22, 2021 Worker shortage? Or poor work conditions? Here’s what’s really vexing Canadian restaurants Bruce McAdams, University of Guelph and Rebecca Gordon, University of Guelph Should the chronic hiring struggles of Canadian restaurants be referred to as a labour shortage, or can it be more accurately portrayed as a retention issue fuelled by a lack of decent work?
Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire/PA Images November 19, 2019 Why a Tory Brexit endangers the rights of workers Tony Dobbins, University of Birmingham The UK has benefited from EU labour protections, which will be vulnerable to the Conservative party’s deregulation agenda.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders reaches out to supporters before a recent rally in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) April 29, 2019 On May Day, assessing what a Sanders presidency would mean for labour Adam D.K. King, York University, Canada American employers routinely violate workers’ rights. A Bernie Sanders presidency could change that.