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Depressed wages are a drag on Canada’s economy
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
September 01, 2012
… if four out of five jobs added to Canada’s labour market since the 2008 recession are temporary or contractual then it is no wonder that 22 per cent of the working population in Ontario can’t call themselves “gainfully employed”… lack of protection in these precarious jobs, both under the law and because of low levels of unionization, means that many casual, part-time and contract workers aren’t familiar with the few rights they do have, or else they are afraid to exercise them for fear of reprisal, blacklisting or deportation.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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