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Friday, November 28, 2014

Friday Tunes: Working Girl

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Today’s example of working class themes in music is Working Girl (by Cher), which was supposed to be on the soundtrack of 1988’s Working Gi...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Public-service morale is low? You don't say!

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Yesterday, Alberta Jim Prentice announced “outside agents of change” will look into why there is such high turnover and low morale in Albert...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Does temp employment have long-term effects?

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There has been quite a lot of popular press around the declining quality of jobs for young workers. These stories tend to centre on identif...
Friday, November 21, 2014

Friday Tunes: Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

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This week’s installment of labour-related music takes us back to the late 1970’s with Styx’s Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)—it can’t all be W...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Video: The terrible aftermath of BC's sawmill explosions

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Global News recently did a follow-up piece on the rash of sawmill explosions that plagued BC a few years back. This short video powerfully e...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

WestJet union drives leave textbook authors red-faced

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I just finished reviewing a textbook for a publisher and ran across yet another mini-case study of WestJet Airlines. I’ve seen at least four...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Friday Tunes: Working this Job (This Fucking Job)

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Next week the Parkland Institute is hosting its annual conference in Edmonton. This year’s theme is People vs Profiteers: Demanding Justice ...