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Blog Entries by Rachel Mendleson from 06/2012

Postmedia, Globe And Mail Cuts: Canadian Advertisers Shifting To Digital Media

Posted 06.01.2012 | Canada Business

Citing declining print advertising revenue, two of Canada’s major newspaper publishers in recent weeks announced significant editorial belt-tighteni...

General Motors Oshawa Plant Closure: Jobs On The Line, As Young Workers Brace For Impact

Posted 06.01.2012 | Canada Business

A decision by General Motors to close an assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., has left young workers bracing for the brunt of the impact, and panicked abou...

Income And Health Care Linked In Pioneering New Study

Posted 06.04.2012 | Canada Business

Income is a significant factor in determining why people are hospitalized in Toronto, where the richest and poorest patients are being admitted for ve...

Unions In Canada: ITUC Report Sees ‘Coordinated Attack' On Labour Groups

Posted 06.06.2012 | Canada Business

The world’s largest confederation of labour groups has criticized the Conservative government in a new report, saying Ottawa’s repeated use of bac...

CBC Cuts: Broadcaster To Sell Real Estate, Rent Out Space In Iconic Headquarters

Posted 06.07.2012 | Canada Business

The cash-strapped Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will tap into its rich real-estate portfolio to dull the pain of deep budget cuts, but president a...

Canada Youth Employment Stuck At Recession-Era Lows: StatsCan

Posted 06.08.2012 | Canada Business

May marks the start of summer jobs season, making it an important time for young people looking for work. But according to the latest jobs report, las...

Canada Productivity: OECD Report Urges Education, Innovation To Fight Threat To Economy

Posted 06.13.2012 | Canada Business

Spurring innovation and improving post-secondary education in Canada will be crucial to boosting sluggish productivity growth, which is the most signi...

Canada Auto Industry Returning To Pre-Recession Norms, Minus Jobs

Posted 06.15.2012 | Canada Business

Canada’s battered auto and transportation sector is bouncing back to life, but jobs in the sector aren't, new data suggests. In a note to investo...

Canada Maternity Leave: Women Quitting Jobs After Childbirth A Wake-Up Call For Businesses

Posted 06.19.2012 | Canada Business

When Elizabeth Monier-Williams started her maternity leave last year, she wasn’t aggressively looking for a new job. But after spending five year...

Philip Jennings, UNI Global Union General Secretary, Says Stephen Harper Destroying Middle Class

Posted 06.19.2012 | Canada

The head of one of the world's largest labour organizations has some harsh words for Stephen Harper. For the past few days, Philip Jennings, gener...

Michael J. Casey: Q&A With Author Of The Unfair Trade: How Our Broken Global Financial System Destroys The Middle Class

Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada Business

What does a 21-year-old Foxconn factory worker socking away her meagre savings in Shenzhen have in common with an artist drowning in mortgage debt in ...

Holt Renfrew Union Drive Comes To A Head In Toronto

Posted 06.27.2012 | Canada Business

Tensions are running high at a Toronto-based Holt Renfrew store, where workers are in the final throes of a pioneering unionization drive. Expecte...

Holt Renfrew Union Drive Comes Up Short At Toronto Vote

Posted 06.28.2012 | Canada Business

Workers at a Toronto-area Holt Renfrew store have come up short in their bid to unionize. Following a tense organizing drive, a majority of employe...