Canadian Labour Congress president Ken Georgetti responded to the release by Statistics Canada of its labour force survey for January 2014. “I am very concerned about the number and quality of jobs that have been created in Canada since the Great Recession and the news is not good,” Georgetti said. “The Finance Minister and other government keep trying to … Read more
A research study by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) shows that Corporate Tax Freedom Day occurs on January 29. “Governments have slashed corporate taxes so deeply that in 2012 companies paid their share of taxes to all levels of government for the entire year by January 29,” said CLC secretary-treasurer Hassan Yussuff. “We hold Corporate … Read more
Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, said that the time for action has arrived on expanding the Canada and Quebec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP). “Retirement security is one of Canadians’ biggest concerns and rightly so,” Georgetti said. “There’s no big secret why we should expand the CPP – it simply makes sense.” Georgetti’s comments … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti says that workers everywhere are mourning the death of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa and leader of the African National Congress (ANC). Georgetti said, “Canadians will forever remember the courage and dignity of a statesman who devoted his life to end South Africa’s system of apartheid, … Read more
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), working in partnership with researchers at Western University, is launching a national survey on the impact of domestic violence on workers and workplaces, the first-ever survey of its kind in Canada. “The results of this survey will provide made-in-Canada research that will help unions, employers, advocates and governments develop good public … Read more
Western University researchers, in partnership with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), will launch a national survey on the impact of domestic violence on workers and workplaces, the first-ever survey of its kind in Canada. The results will provide made-in-Canada findings that will help unions, employers, advocates and governments develop strong public policy, as well as … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti issued a statement on the death of B.C. labour leader Jack Munro. The full statement is available online. Call 613-526-7431.
Ken Georgetti president of the Canadian Labour Congress said that amendments that the government has slipped into a giant budget bill is an attack on the constitutional right to collective bargaining. Georgetti was responding to the government’s tabling the second part of its Economic Action Plan 2013 Act in the House of Commons on October … Read more
The Canadian Labour Congress says that a study released by the Fraser Institute, which attacks the pensions paid to men and women who provide public services to Canadians, is hypocritical. “The Fraser Institute claims to be independent and non-partisan,” says congress president Ken Georgetti. “But the Institute is well known for taking millions of dollars … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti said that the federal government’s three-year freeze on Employment Insurance (EI) premiums is being done on the backs of unemployed Canadians. Georgetti also criticized Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.) claim that he can freeze premiums because fewer people are receiving EI. “The number of unemployed workers … Read more
