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CEOs ask Harper Government to Scale Back Workers’ Rights
The Globe and Mail published an interesting story last week about closed door meetings held between federal Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and a select group of CEOs. The story notes that the invitation-only group of elites urged the Harper government to scale back workers’ rights to form unions and called for measures that would reduce wages…
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Worker Killed Near Souris
From the Brandon Sun: “A 61-year-old man is dead after being caught between a tractor-bucket and a large hay bale this morning. Emergency workers were called to the farm, located in the RM of Glenwood just northwest of Souris, at about 9 a.m. this morning, where the famer was found pinned against the bale. Foul play…
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More Than 30 Striking Workers Killed in South Africa
From Huffington Post and Associated Press: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police officers killed more than 30 miners who charged them at a Lonmin PLC platinum mine, authorities said Friday, as a national newspaper warned that a time bomb ticking over poor South Africans has exploded. Thursday’s shootings are one of the worst in South…
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Canadian corporations sitting on mountain of cash instead of Investing in jobs, growth
Last week, the Globe and Mail reported on an interesting independent report from Capital Economics. It shows Canadian corporations have been collecting and sitting on a large and growing “mountain” of cash. Its author, Canadian economist David Madani says investing or even paying out bigger dividends with just a small portion of that cash would provide amajor…
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Small Biz Research shows Consumer Demand Limiting Growth, BUT Small Biz Lobbyists attack unions instead
OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business continues to ignore its own research about the fragile state of the Canadian economy, says Ken Georgetti, President of the Canadian Labour Congress. Georgetti was commenting on the CFIB’s recently-released Business Outlook survey for July 2012. “The CFIB’s study shows that for the fourth month in row…