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Air Canada flight attendants and supporters picket outside Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Que., in August 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues

Larry Savage, Brock University and Adam D.K. King, University of Manitoba

Canada does a poor job of gathering labour relations information. In a period of rising inequality and renewed workplace conflict, stakeholders need better data.
With contract negotiations underway, CUPE’s Airline Division has an opportunity to push for better working conditions and pay structures that reflect all hours worked. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Canadian flight attendants are pushing for fair ground pay amid union negotiations

Kenneth Haggett, Saint Mary’s University and Eugena Kwon, Trent University

The issue of unpaid ground time has been a long-standing concern for flight attendants in the Canadian flight industry.
Employers can address qualification inflation by implementing skill-based recruitment and selection practices. (Shutterstock)

Employers should use skill‑based hiring to find hidden talent and address labour challenges

Joseph Schmidt, University of Saskatchewan and Joshua Bourdage, University of Calgary

Job listings now often demand that applicants have degrees and experiences that were previously unnecessary, with some job requirements even surpassing the qualifications of current employees.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford makes an announcement on the province’s minimum wage in November 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ontario’s 2‑tier minimum wage: As discriminatory now as it was in the 1990s

Steven High, Concordia University

Ontario almost joined Manitoba and Québec in eliminating the under-18 minimum wage 30 years ago. Then Bob Rae reneged on an election promise.
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket outside a Service Canada office in Canmore, Alta., in April 2023. More than 150,000 federal public-service workers are on strike across the country after talks with the government failed. Remote work is a negotiation issue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Post‑pandemic work in the public sector: A new way forward or a return to the past?

Eric Champagne, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Aracelly Denise Granja, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Olivier Choinière, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)

COVID-19 transformed the workforce, including in the public sector. A complete reversal to pre-pandemic work models is unlikely, but there’s lots at stake as employers contemplate the future of work.
A temporary foreign worker from Mexico works on a berry farm in Mirabel, Que., in May 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances

Stephanie Mayell, University of Toronto; C. Susana Caxaj, Western University, and Janet McLaughlin, Wilfrid Laurier University

Amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations fail to address the power imbalances at the heart of the temporary foreign worker program.
A staff member carries bedding to a suite at Toronto’s Interval House, an emergency shelter for women in abusive situations, in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Workers supporting survivors of gender‑based violence are demanding change

Krys Maki, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that shelters helping survivors of domestic violence are essential. Retention and recruitment issues in the gender-based violence sector require systemic solutions.
A person is covered by a sheet as a group advocating for provincially mandated paid sick days for workers participates in a ‘die-in’ rally outside Queen’s Park in Toronto, in January 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

A year of COVID‑19 has illuminated the urgent need for paid sick days

Nita Chhinzer, University of Guelph

Workers shouldn’t have to choose between working while sick and supporting themselves and their families. Post-pandemic, we must learn from our mistakes and take permanent action on paid sick days.

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