Union Bug Blog
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Apr 14, 2011 -
The Corporate Tax Cut Myth
In a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, David Macdonald examines corporate income tax cuts and their effects on the Canadian economy.
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Apr 08, 2011 -
Making The Connection: Labour Rights, Good Jobs, Tax Fairness and Quality Public Services
The Governor of Wisconsin recently launched an attack on public services and stripped 175,000 public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Other states (e.g. Ohio, Indiana and Michigan) are following the Wisconsin script. The situation should serve as a cautionary tale for Canadians.
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Mar 29, 2011 -
Material on Employer Computer Private, Court Rules
A recent court decision in Ontario has broke new ground on an issue that is exploding into the court system – the extent to which internet information is private and beyond the reach of the law.
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Mar 21, 2011 -
Canada's Colour Coded Labour Market
Although March 21 marks the International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a new study by the Wellesley Institute and the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives reveals a troubling trend.
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Mar 16, 2011 -
Federal Budget Should Include Fairness Test
Recent reports have highlighted an issue that countries around the world are grappling with: how to deal with the problem of growing income inequality in modern society.
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Mar 10, 2011 -
A Sneakier Way To Bust a Union
There has been a lot of attention on Wisconsin of late, what with Republican Governor Scott Walker attempting to gut collective bargaining and destroy the public sector union that represents government workers there. But there are other, more subtle attacks on unions taking place in other states that are going relatively unnoticed.
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Mar 03, 2011 -
"Sometimes I think I live in a parallel universe to Margaret Wente"
Sometimes I think I live in a parallel universe to Margaret Wente. Today I know so. She watches the remarkable events unfolding around the world and then compares unionized workers in Wisconsin to reactionaries.
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Feb 28, 2011 -
Death of the Tiger: A Cautionary Irish Tale
The Irish people went to the polls on February 25. The governing Fianna Fail party—that created the fallen Celtic Tiger economic model and is now the object of widespread public outrage—was banished to the political wilderness, much like the conservative regime casualties of economic crisis in Greece and Iceland.
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Feb 22, 2011 -
All Together Now! For Mental Health Care
Planning is well underway for a series of days of action taking place across Canada from February 28 to March 6, 2011 as part of the National Union of Public and General Employee's (NUPGE) All Together Now! campaign.
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Feb 15, 2011 -
Wisconsin Governor Set to Gut Collective Bargaining Rights
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview recently that he will propose removing nearly all public employee collective bargaining rights in an effort to close a $3.6 billion hole in the state budget. And he’s prepared to bring in the National Guard to help do it.