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CANADIAN UNIONS CAN MAKE THEMSELVES GREAT AGAIN. They will have to go back to the future to do it. That’s the message in the latest research paper from the Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (CFLR).

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17-year-old Ryan Falkenham led Halifax Mooseheads to 2013 Memorial Cup win. One year later a hip injury ended his dream of playing in the NHL.

GETTING A CHANCE TO PLAY JUST ISN’T ENOUGH. Even though the owners of the 60 teams in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) say it should be.

Attack Income Inequality

THERE IS NO REASON WHY we can't have a Canada that's prosperous and fair and leading the world towards healthier environments, healthier economies, and more widespread equality.

How Fair is That

ANNA AND BOBBY HANNAH HAVE THE MONEY. They make a good living with their sign business in Dieppe, New Brunswick. So, they’ll make the drive to Tuscaloosa, Alabama two or three more times before hockey season is over.

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THERE ARE TWO LABOUR DAYS: OURS AND THEIRS. There is the one we chose for ourselves and the one the bosses created to try and buy us off.

Talk Back to the Boss

BOSSES ARE FULL OF SHIT. They love to tell us what we have to do for them. And what they can’t possibly do for us. They get it wrong a whole lot of the time. But, most of us don’t know enough to call them on it. Most of us don’t know enough to use the law to protect ourselves.

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Jack Nicholson with the caption You Can't Handle the Truth

HOW DO WE HANDLE THE TRUTH ABOUT WORK? We ignore it.

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2 people holding a sign, one sign reads Looking for a job and the other sign reads Hire Me!

IT’S TOUGH TO FIND A GOOD JOB THESE DAYS. So tough even the banks admit it. That’s just what the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce did in its latest economics report. Here’s their first sentence, “Is the quality of employment in Canada in decline?” Their answer: “We think so.” NFK!

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DOING TIME IS NOT EASY. Not for the inmates locked behind bars and not for the workers who have to guard them.

How Fair is That

WHATEVER BECAME OF MY FUTURE. A lot of young people are asking themselves that these days as the struggle to get a start in life gets more and more difficult.

UNIONS YES

BENCH STRENGTH

Imagine It!

No Dice On Ice

Our power / Our day

Your Day in Court

WORKED OVER

LIKE WE DIDN’T KNOW

Hard Time

Tapped Out

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