Rachel Mendleson

Workers at a warehouse that supplies H&M clothing stores in Canada have voted in favour of union certification in an effort to improve wages and working conditions.

Kevin Shimmin, national representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), told The Huffington Post that a majority of workers at...

Ian MacGregor stands at the centre of the growing disconnect between Canada’s booming oil production and its lack of refineries and upgraders.

As chairman of Calgary-based North West Upgrading (NWU), he’s overseeing construction of a $5-billion oil sands upgrader outside of Edmonton that will process 55,000 barrels of bitumen per...

Income inequality is set to widen in Canada in the coming years, a trend that will lead to greater instability and could trigger future financial crises, a new study argues.

Released on Tuesday by the left-leaning Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the paper maintains that repeated financial collapse is the...

Workers at a warehouse that supplies H&M clothing stores in Canada are seeking unionization in a bid to lift wages, secure overtime pay and receive recognition for seniority, organizers say.

The United Food and Commercial Workers of Canada (UFCW) made the workers’ desire to unionize official on Tuesday, submitting an...

Jeff Rubin has a message for all the economists and central bankers out there, waiting with bated breath for rock-bottom interest rates to kick the world economy into high gear: it’s not going to happen, and the sooner you realize that, the better.

As the straight-shooting former chief economist of...

According to new labour force data released on Friday, Canada’s unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.3 per cent in April. Though the economy added 58,000 jobs, more people were looking for work, pushing the jobless rate up by 0.1 per cent over the previous month.

But when it...

Raising taxes on the rich is often touted as an effective way to narrow Canada’s growing income gap. But according to one of the world’s most preeminent researchers on the subject, a more fundamental shift will require addressing the root of the problem: huge and growing differences in what people...

Rogers Media has announced that it is closing eight of its websites, including Sweetspot.ca and CanadianParents.com.

The company informed employees of the decision in an e-mail on Wednesday afternoon, reports a Rogers-owned publication.

According to Marketing Magazine, Rogers Media chief digital media officer Jason Tafler told...

Thousands of Zellers workers slated to lose their jobs when more than 100 stores across Canada are converted to Target locations beginning next spring are ramping up a national campaign to protest the mass firing, calling on the public and government to intervene.

Though the small number of unionized workers...

Former Canadian Olympian Bruce Kidd has thrown his support behind a union-led campaign to remove Rio Tinto as official supplier of medals to the upcoming London Games amid an ongoing lockout at the company’s aluminum smelter in Alma, Quebec.

At a press conference at Steelworker Hall in Toronto on Thursday,...

The union representing locked out Rio Tinto workers in Alma, Que., is lodging a formal complaint with Olympic organizers against the mining giant’s sponsorship of the upcoming London Games.

Alleging ongoing labour and human rights violations, the United Steelworkers (USW) is urging the International Olympic Committee and the London 2012...

If the gold standard in marketing is campaigns that significantly alter consumer buying patterns, it’s fair to say that the next generation of Air Miles initiatives is aiming for platinum.

Canada’s most popular customer loyalty program is seeking to incentivize consumers to make more socially responsible decisions -- permanently. The...

UPDATE: We asked, and you answered. HuffPost Canada readers offered their ideas for how to make a Canada energy superpower, and the breadth and thoughtfulness of the answers made it clear Canadians care about environmental policy and the green economy.

WHAT CANADA SHOULD DO TO BE A GREEN ENERGY...

If Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has his way, employers will soon play a much more active role in selecting newcomers, and those chosen will be put on a fast-track to admission to Canada.

But Kenney disputes the notion that the reforms will cede too much control to private interests.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says Canadian employers who violate the rights of migrant labourers should be permanently blacklisted from hiring them.

Under regulations introduced last year, employers can be banned from participating in the foreign temporary worker program for up to two years if they don’t provide the wages, working...

In advance of what promises to be a difficult round of collective bargaining negotiations with the Big Three this fall, the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) is taking aim at what it sees as the myth its members are overpaid.

In a report released Monday, the CAW said

An apparent “sick-out” by Air Canada pilots that triggered dozens of flight disruptions on Friday risks turning customers against the airline -- and against a union that can ill-afford to lose public support, labour relations experts say.

Described by the airline as an “illegal job action,” the decision of some...

High-income buyers are a driving force behind Toronto’s booming housing market, fuelling demand for an extremely limited supply of properties in desirable areas, says one real estate broker.

According to Paul Maranger, a senior vice-president at Sotheby's International Realty, this year has seen a surge in activity in the...

Montreal has seen its middle class neighbourhoods shrink as industrial jobs disappear, but economic segregation is worsening at a slower pace than in Vancouver and Toronto, a new study shows.

Released exclusively to The Huffington Post Canada, the forthcoming paper draws on more than three decades of census data to...

Blame it on our cold climate and sprawling cities.

An international comparison of household expenditures in four developed countries shows we devote a greater proportion of our total spending to transportation and clothing in Canada than elsewhere.

Released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the study compares...