At Monday’s MFL Executive Council meeting, American Income Life (AIL) Canada presented two local community organizations with $2,500 in support. AIL Canada Director of Labour Relations Darryl Barnett was on hand to make the presentation. He presented a $2,000 donation to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) to support the Errol Black Chair in Labour Studies, a…

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More than 100 Union Women and their social justice partners celebrated March 8th International Women’s Day over a pancake breakfast at Winnipeg’s Union Centre. Sponsored by the Manitoba Federation of Labour Women’s Committee, the Winnipeg Labour Council and the Canadian Labour Congress, the breakfast also served as a fund raiser for the Women’s Memorial Fund.…

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Chief Luther Standing Bear once taught his Lakota community “It is the mothers, not the warriors, who create a people and guide their destiny”. On March 8 and throughout the month of March, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and its affiliates, federations of labour, labour councils and local activists participate in events to mark the…

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From the Globe and Mail In recent contributions to Economy Lab, Armine Yalnizyan and Mike Moffatt have debated the merits of a minimum wage increase as a way to stimulate the economy. In fact, the best economic evidence seems to show that modest minimum-wage increases have very limited macroeconomic impacts in terms of overall growth and…

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By Sylvia Farley, Executive Director, Manitoba Federation of Labour I have been given the wonderful opportunity of participating as a member of the Canadian Labour Congress Delegation attending the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCWS) which runs from March 4th to 15th in New York City. There are…

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