Galvanized by Gov. Scott Walker’s move to eliminate their freedom to collectively bargain for good middle-class jobs, faculty at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls voted 148-16 today in favor of […]
More than two years after Milwaukee voters overwhelmingly passed a paid sick leave city ordinance, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals today upheld the law and lifted an injunction an employer’s […]
Alberta’s largest union organization has asked Premier Ed Stelmach to re-affirm his commitment to honouring the collective-bargaining process with public-sector employees, after it was revealed that a member of the […]
Edmonton – An American energy conglomerate owned by two powerful billionaire brothers who help fund the Tea Party and climate change denial movements in the U.S. has registered to lobby […]
Workers’ rights under attack! From Wisconsin to Egypt, from Mexico to Canada, the rights of workers are under attack. The right of public-sector unionized workers to bargain collectively has been […]
Re: “Farm safety picture distorted,” by Thomas Lukaszuk, Letters, March 22. Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk writes to refute the Journal editorial “Confront lax law on farm safety,” Opinion, March 16. […]