… bargaining table February 24, 2016 Share Delegates to Unifor’s Skilled Trades Collective Bargaining and New … addressing such issues as austerity and trade. “Despite what we have been told, free trade deals have not created jobs,” Unifor Economist Jordan …
… Trading away the potential for stronger labour rights July 10, 2018 Share Main Image … that are progressive and enforceable, it begs the question: what happened to demanding those rights when negotiating the new Trans-Pacific trade deal? Canada capitulated in a rush to sign any trade deal. …
… Unifor members make plans for worker-centred Just Transition … by former Unifor Senior Economist Jim Stanford on what a GreenNewDeal could look like in Canada. Stanford emphasized that …
… Earth Day 2020 April 22, 2020 Share UE & Unifor call for urgent action for workers and the planet As … this healthcare crisis that can inform our path forward. What is certain is that the global reach of this pandemic … We do this to lift up solutions, like the GreenNewDeal, which facilitate a rapid transition from a …
… the Huffington Post. I have made no secret of my respect for our new Prime Minister, especially after the disdain I … Barack Obama’s White House was talking up a green energy deal with Mexico and describing North America as a “single … talk to Sanchez and other activists to get a real sense of what a terrible place Mexico is for working people, and how …
… 2, 2021 Share Main Image Image By Kaylie Tiessen, Unifor Research While Premier Andrew Furey is contemplating … political parties in Canada, are finally recognizing what many have known for years – inequality is a drag on … jurisdictions that cutting wages and public services to deal with debt and deficits can actually deepen an economic …
… Jim Stanford: Election 2015 and the Battle of Economic Ideas November … and often unprincipled actions, and unwilling to compromise what I think are clear and important progressive ideas for … managers. (Of course, CETA, the last “blockbuster” deal brought home by the Conservatives, still amounts to a …