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Flexible Labour Markets

Tories Attack Rand Formula to Silence Workers

Sid Ryan | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Pierre Poilievre, Flexible Labour Markets, Labour Unions, Rand Formula, Ontario Progressive Conservatives, Pierre-Poilievre-Unions, Trade Unions, Ontario Federation of Labour, Tim Hudak, Conservative Party of Canada, Ofl, Canada Politics News
Sid Ryan

The thrust of this Conservative campaign is to undermine union funding and silence workers' collective voice. In every case, they erect flimsy straw targets to disguise their agenda and the same is true of their attack on the Rand Formula -- the funding model for unions and a cornerstone of labour relations in Canada.

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When Hudak Says "Flexible" Labour, He Really Means "Cheap"

Sid Ryan | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Flexible Labour Markets, Stephen Harper, Caterpillar Inc, Sid Ryan, Middle Class, Tim Hudak, Progressive Conservatives, Temporary Foreign Workers, Electro-Motive Lockout, Boeing, Dan Hasler, Tory, Tim Hudak Union, Union Tim Hudak, Canada Politics News
Sid Ryan

In Tim Hudak's dreams for Ontarians, workers will shuffle from one low-wage, precarious job to another, competing with each other in a race to the bottom. This is what he means by "flexibility" and it is the path to poverty, not prosperity.

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