Alberta’s net loss in full-time and part-time jobs was the largest it has seen since September 2023 and the second largest since April 2020.
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AB lost over 33,000 FT jobs in May 2024
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Their previous contract expired over three years ago. Their 8.5% raise won’t be enough to make up for inflation. Oh, and negotiations took so long that the new contract has already expired.
Have you ever noticed how some people seem to think that the solution to worker exploitation is to for everyone to just start their own business?
Whenever I discuss worker exploitation, inevitably, someone comes along and says, “If the workers don’t like it, they can just quit and get another job.” Here’s why that thinking is wrong.
The idea of low-skilled labour is a myth invented to push down wages and undermine class solidarity among workers.
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Elk Island trade workers to get 2.75% raise
With this new raise, these workers will have received an average annual raise of just 0.48% over the last decade, far below inflation.
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The myth of the middle class
The idea of a “middle class” is just an invention created to destroy class solidarity among the working class.
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AB has second highest jobless rate in Canada
And the jobs we did get were all part-time jobs.
In this week’s opinion piece, Kim Siever breaks down another myth about capitalism.
The last time they tried this, they ended up having to go on strike, and they claimed that one of the vice-presidents was intimidating them.