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Monday, February 28, 2011

Think Tank says Gov't Salaries Too High

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Insight into Government is a weekly newsletter following provincial politics. In its February 25th edition, Insight examined a recent repor...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Migrant worker report released

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The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) have released their 9th annual status of migrant farm workers in Canada report . While underst...
Friday, February 11, 2011

WCB premiums and return to work

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The Alberta Federation of Labour produces a periodical called Union magazine. In the latest edition, there is an interesting piece about th...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Music for workers

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When writing courses, I often dig up far more material than can be included. A new version of Athabasca University’s IDRL 201 (Labour Unions...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Just cause dismissals

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There is an interesting debate going on in the Edmonton Journal over the concept of just cause dismissals. Loosely, the doctrine of just ca...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Asbestos and CNRL

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I came across two interesting pieces this week. The first is a brief commentary by David Mandel addressing the conflicted position Quebec u...
Friday, January 7, 2011

Saskatchewan 20 times more likely than Alberta to prosecute safety violations

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Thursday, another five workers were injured at the CNRL Horizon site, south of Ft. McMurray. A coker unit appears to have exploded, leaving...
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