Well Isn't the union (due to the dual language law) over weighted on the
side of the French Canadian anyway???
Darryl
On 04/09/2012 10:12 AM, Arthur Cordell wrote:
And then there is this.
The largest federal workers union, the Public Service Alliance of
Canada, has endorsed the Parti Quebecois in today's Quebec election.
Do you believe the federal government should employ staff who support
Quebec sovereignty?
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ed Weick
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 04, 2012 12:59 PM
*To:* 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'
*Subject:* [Futurework] Fw: Whither unions?
Interesting article by Bruce Cheadle in today's Ottawa Citizen on the
state of unions in Canada:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/opportunity+union+revival/7184414/story.html
Some quotes:
Figures from Statistics Canada suggest the labour movement in Canada
is in a 30-year decline. And while numbers have stabilized in recent
years, organized labour is surviving but not thriv-ing - and anchored
disproportionately in the public sector.
Just less than 30 per cent of the workforce - some 4.3 million
employees - was unionized in 2011, a slight increase both in
percentage and absolute numbers over 2010.
But the public sector, including civil servants, Crown corporations,
schools and hospitals, dominated. More than 71 per cent of the public
sphere was unionized, while in the private sector that number plummets
to 16 per cent.
Ed
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