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As he stands in a line of his coworkers, a man holds a sign high in the air that says: “Unpaid work won’t fly.”

We live in an age of underwork and overwork

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

Silas is holding a mic and raising a fist in front of a group of people holding protest signs.

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office

A grey-haired man in a hard hat looks out over a factory floor.

Canada has been dealt its demographic cards. Now it has to play them better

Row after row of university students sitting at tables in a large hall.

How the Global South finances the educated workforce in Canada and other wealthy countries

In illustration featuring a large eye of computerized surveillance in the form similar to webcam watches a the tiny figure of a worker.

Workplace AI is writing the rules. Workers need to see them

An animated figure of a person with a briefcase looking stressed out by pressures from a series of symbols representing time, energy, their boss.

Online harassment must be recognized as an occupational risk

Four people sitting on easy chairs holding microphones on a stage in front of Liberal Party of Canada colours and a logo for their 2026 convention.

Make AI policy about contribution, not just protection

Give parents a choice in child care

A large group of men and women in t-shirts, shorts and jeans walk down the road. Some of them carry signs.

The key to improving workers’ lives is hiding in plain sight

Two small children laying among building blocks and looking through blocks with holes in them.

Four ideas to make Quebec’s child-care system a model for all of Canada

All-powerful PMO, mistrust “destroying” the public service: Paul Tellier

Talks stall as public service union seeks 13.5 per cent wage increase over three years

Quatre personnes discutent et échangent des documents à un bureau.

Masks no longer required for public servants at desks and in meetings with distancing

A photo of the sign at the entrance of Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council.

Speaking truth to power discouraged in public service

How to fix Canada’s broken employment insurance program

Side view illustration of a woman whose head and shoulders have been split into six vertical segments with an orange background.

Mental health care doesn’t need to cost anything

The economic case against low-wage temporary foreign workers

How the government used the pandemic to sharply increase immigration

The Liberal-NDP pact could have a big impact on the public service

L’image représente une jeune femme noir tapant au clavier, entourée de diagrammes techniques translucides.

COVID was harmful for youth employment

Some public service executives ‘burned out’ by crisis management

Too numerous to fail

Pushing through snow accumulating on a major downtown street, a man pedals a converted bike whose front end has been converted to carry a large, heavy container for goods.

Quality of work goes beyond income

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