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Our recovery must be just and equitable for all
Monday, September 7th, 2020
… six principles for a just recovery: Put people’s health and well-being first, with no exceptions; Strengthen the social safety net and provide relief directly to people; Prioritize the needs of workers and communities; Build resilience to prevent future crises; Build solidarity and equity across communities, generations and borders; Uphold Indigenous rights and work in partnership with Indigenous peoples
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Good jobs aren’t in the plan
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Jun 18 2011
The CEOs have decided. The value of young people is lower than the value of people from my generation. You don’t deserve the same salary, even if you are better educated. You don’t deserve the same vacation time or health benefits. And you certainly don’t deserve to have the same kind of secure retirement. It’s just not in the business plan.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, pensions, standard of living
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Outsourcing shafts workers
Friday, January 28th, 2011
January 28, 2011
The battle cry from Bay Street and the Mayor’s Office calls for a full-scale outsourcing of all kinds of work… After all, if money can be saved, why not? That has been the guiding rule for powerful CEOs when they look at their own operations. Lots of them have outsourced – sometimes overseas, sometimes to contractors here at home… Of course, nobody stays long when they are being so poorly paid, so the turnover was constant. The job changed from one that paid a living wage, down to one that paid poverty wages. But the CEO got a bonus for “achieving efficiencies.”
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living
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Corporate greed is eroding foundations of a just society
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
Dec 11 2010
Across the country, corporations are engaging in an unprecedented series of lockouts of their employees, demanding that workers’ standard of living be reduced… Hard-working families are seeing their standard of living undermined by the actions of CEOs whose salaries count in the millions or tens of millions… The 21st century corporate culture demands that pension plans be gutted, benefits weakened and jobs outsourced wherever possible. The immense greed that fed the global financial markets has seeped into the core values of Canadian business.
Tags: economy, globalization, standard of living
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CEOs are overpaid, not workers
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Aug 06 2010
The inequity keeps growing. Profitable corporations are still squeezing employee wages, replacing permanent staff with temporary work, and shipping Canadian jobs overseas. And they are getting rewarded with massive tax breaks, which will eventually drain government revenue by $16 billion a year. Access to good public services is crucial to our quality of life as Canadians, and good public services depend upon front line workers. We need to challenge the race-to-the-bottom mentality. All workers — both private and public sector — have the right to earn a decent wage so they can live in dignity.
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living
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Cancel corporate tax cuts to deal with deficit
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Jul 11 2010
… both the federal and Ontario governments are implementing a series of corporate tax cuts that deplete public revenues by billions of dollars every year. So while ordinary Canadians are being told there isn’t enough money for transit or education or health care, the wealthiest companies are getting bonus tax cuts. Even companies that send jobs overseas are rewarded with the lower tax rates. The figures are staggering. Stephen Harper’s corporate tax cuts will end up depleting federal revenues by nearly $14 billion every year.
Tags: budget, economy, tax
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