VIDEO. Zillionaire-to-zillionaire: there will be pitchforks if inequality isn’t tackled | Press…
Entrepreneur Nick Hanauer is a super-rich guy who, in his own words, is a « proud and unapologetic capitalist. » He owns multiple houses, a yacht and his own private jet. And he’s got a message for his fellow « zillionaires »: the pitchforks are coming for us. The reason? Growing inequality.
In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty
Workers are their own bosses in the sharing economy, but that flexibility also brings much uncertainty — and few of the protections of full-time work.
Why is Harper punishing charities while letting tax cheats off the hook?
As its website notes, “PEN Canada envisions a world where writers are free to write, readers are free to read and freedom of expression prevails.” With goals like those, no wonder the little charity has found itself in the crosshairs of the Harper government. Earlier this week, PEN became the latest…
It’s (still) time for leadership on jobs: Revised job numbers for July don’t change the story |…
It’s (still) time for leadership on jobs Revised job numbers for July don’t change the story
Unions matter. So why does Canada pretend like they don’t? | rabble.ca
Thanks to a dominant discourse that has been imagined by Canada’s 1%, inspired by Thatcherism and actively and passively fed to us through complicit journalists, many Canadians have no idea how unions protect them, regardless of whether or not they’re members of a union.