Category Archive: Wages

Oct 27

Fraser Institute’s take on the Right to Work – View from the Right…the far Right

To remain competitive, Ontario needs to follow Indiana and Michigan’s lead   With Labour Day fresh in our memory and Ontario’s unemployment rate having recently increased to 7.6 per cent, the province would do well to follow Indiana and Michigan’s lead and adopt worker choice laws. Doing so would make Ontario a significantly more competitive …

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Oct 26

Made in the USA documentary critiques Hudak’s plans for a low-wage Ontario

September 20, 2013 RELATED Labour Law Index LONDON, ONTARIO – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has chosen  the sidelines of the Ontario PC Convention as the right venue to premier a new  documentary about Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak’s plan to bring American-style  labour laws to Ontario. The embattled Tory leader is under siege …

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Oct 25

No Free Ride – PC proposal not to pay union dues

March 20, 2013 TORONTO – Award-winning Canadian film and television director Bruce McDonald is sending a message to Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak about that party’s plans for the province’s unions. McDonald’s latest short film, a comedy called No Free Ride, takes issue with a PC proposal to allow workers in union shops to receive …

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