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Celebrate Labour Day!
With Labour Day 2010 just around the corner, the BC Federation of Labour will again be celebrating the day along with its members, friends and colleagues. more...
First summer job for kids should be a positive learning experience, not a sweat shop
Now that the school year is over, lockers cleaned out and vacation plans made, many students will be looking for, or already working at, summer jobs. Many more...
Jones reading from the wrong page; Columnist distorts facts with CFIB study; pension tirade 'alarmist'
The following article appeared in the Province newspaper on July 8, 2010. Laura Jones' call to slash public-sector wages and benefits ( "Time to get really more...
Time to abandon tired global-or-nothing ideology
Every other day in the big mainstream dailies, it seems, some right wing champion of so-called public-private partnerships is given generous column inches more...
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August 31, 2010
Time for bold solutions to save public services
Every year at this time, union leaders like me are asked to share our thoughts on the significance of Labour Day and the contributions of working people to the communities where we live and work. I often say that working people are the true engines of the economy, and that will never change. But this year as Labour Day approaches, what has been changing is that senior levels of government are quicker to embrace the privatization of public services that union members provide. These public services ...