President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti said in a statement that the upcoming budget should focus on creating jobs and not destroying them. Georgetti was commenting on the release by Statistics Canada of its Labour Force Survey for Jan. 2012. The national unemployment rate was 7.6 per cent and there were 1,421,200 unemployed … Read more
The Canadian Labour Congress issued a statement regarding Corporate Tax Freedom Day, February 1. Labour congress president Ken Georgetti said that Corporate income taxes in 2010 amounted to only 8.8 per cent of all government revenues. Georgetti added that the Conservative government's latest round of tax giveaways on January 1st means Corporate Tax Freedom Day … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti issued a statement on job creation. Georgetti said the job market is deteriorating and the federal government must shift its focus from making cuts to assisting in job creation. Georgetti was commenting on the release by Statistics Canada of its Labour Force Survey for December 2011. Georgetti added that … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti said that the salaries and benefits of corporate CEOs are obscene and that in its next budget the federal government should reverse planned corporate tax breaks. Georgetti was responding to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives indicating that by noon on January 3, 2010, … Read more
The President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti has written to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, ON) requesting that in the next budget Flaherty reverse planned tax breaks for corporations. Georgetti said that the government keeps cutting corporate taxes in return for a promise that the private sector will use that money to create jobs but … Read more
A group of leading experts on pension reform in Canada is urging Canada’s finance ministers to commit to expanding the Canada Pension Plan as the best means available to provide retirement security for Canadians. The six pension experts who have signed the letter include Bob Baldwin, Bernard Dussault, Keith Horner, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Monica Townson … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti said the next federal budget must include measures to improve income security for unemployed workers. Georgetti was commenting on the release by Statistics Canada of its Labour Force Survey for November 2011. There were 1,394,700 unemployed Canadians in November and the unemployment rate was 7.4 per cent. Georgetti said that almost … Read more
The Canadian Labour Congress has launched an on line calculator to show how banks and financial investment companies are gouging people who are trying to save for their retirement. Canadian Labour Congress president Ken Georgetti said that when a company charges you an annual 2.5 per cent management fee, this will eat up to half … Read more
President of the Canadian Labour Congress Ken Georgetti said Canada’s employment insurance system is not prepared for a looming economic slowdown and Ottawa must fix the EI program while there is still time. Georgetti said there are storm clouds over Europe and the United States and in Canada the Parliamentary budget officer is predicting an … Read more
The Canadian Labour Congress and the United Steelworkers will accompany the Mexican electrical workers union in submitting a complaint to the authority that administers the labour side deal of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The full release is available online. Call 613-526-7431.
