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Canada / BC and Ontario talk tactics against Canada Jobs Grant
The provinces are gearing up to battle Ottawa this fall over the federal government’s signature skills-training program, with British Columbia’s Christy Clark and Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne hunkering down to plan strategy for the coming fight. And in one of the sharpest criticisms yet of the Canada Jobs Grant, Ms. Clark said the program would simply … Continue reading
Canada / Give the provinces full control over EI says Conservative Senator Diane Bellemare
In Créer et partager la prospérité (Creating and Sharing Prosperity), Ms. Bellemare argues for giving the provinces full control over EI. While employee and employer premiums would be the same across Canada, each province would be able to set eligibility rules and decide how to split the funds collected between cash benefits for the unemployed and training programs Continue reading
US / The retirement system fails most americans by creating a few big winners and many losers
The current retirement system has left the vast majority of Americans unprepared for retirement says EPI. While high-income Americans have benefitted enormously from the rise of 401(k)s, most Americans are being left behind Continue reading
France / A €3.5 billion plan for ‘third industrial revolution’ to create 470,000 jobs
French President François Hollande hopes to create 470,000 jobs by injecting €3.5 billion in 34 key industrial sectors, but he will need Europe’s help. Continue reading
US / Welfare currently pays more $15 per hour in 13 states finds CATO
Welfare currently pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, even after accounting for the Earned Income Tax Credit, and in 13 states it pays more than $15 per hour Continue reading
President Obama / Defends Jobs Record in Address to AFL-CIO
President Barack Obama told the largest U.S. labor group that his administration has helped improve job conditions and wages though there is more to be done. Since the financial crisis, U.S. businesses have created 7 million jobs and the automobile industry is leading a comeback of the nation’s manufacturing sector, Obama told the AFL-CIO convention … Continue reading
UK / ‘Don’t give our jobs to migrants’ say young to a poll
Three-quarters of those questioned said that it was wrong for the country to recruit from overseas while so many young people are already struggling to earn a living Continue reading
China / Be innovative, Li tells graduates
Premier encourages students to find work in western China. Premier Li Keqiang told new graduates to be enterprising and innovative in hunting for jobs in what some say is the toughest time for them to find work in recent years. Continue reading
Canada / Verizon’s Arrival Will Cost Thousands of Jobs says Ken Georgetti, President of the Canadian Labour Congress
The federal government’s decision to pave the way for the multinational giant Verizon to enter Canada’s telecommunications market will cost thousands of jobs and will not benefit consumers in the long run, says Ken Georgetti, President of the Canadian Labour Congress Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Television commercial was misleading and a breach of the Code of Advertising Standards
A federal government television commercial touting a not yet existent Canada Job Grant was misleading and a breach of the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards, Canada’s advertising watchdog has ruled Continue reading
US / Ending The Crisis With Guaranteed Employment And Retraining
Guaranteeing employment accompanied by retraining to enable all unemployed workers to become absorbed into the regular work force is a superiority strategy that it would institutionalize a procedure for insuring that workers would possess the necessary skills for available jobs Continue reading
France / Hollande plans to stimulate the jobs market right now
France – Hollande’s plan is simple. The plan to stimulate the jobs market right now. Continue reading
Spain / IMF urges urgent action to create jobs
Spain’s reform progress and a correction in its fiscal and external imbalances are helping it to stabilise its economy, but urgent action is needed to create jobs and stimulate growth, the International Monetary Fund said. The IMF, in a yearly assessment of Spain’s economy, on Friday projected a slow and difficult turnaround from eight straight … Continue reading
US / A Third Now Say They Are in the Lower Classes
The percentage of Americans who say they are in the lower-middle or lower class has risen from a quarter of the adult population to about a third in the past four years Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / A “mystery program” with few fans writes The Guardian (PEI)
The federal Canada Job Grant program has almost a billion dollars in funding, but no one is using it. Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter called it “a mystery program.” Continue reading
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