EI

Op-ed: "Lazy" Employment Insurance recipients

Robert DeVet — Sun, 03 May 2015 14:37:41 +0000

This op-ed was originally published in the excellent

Town Hall: Workers Aren't Buying EI Reforms

Editor — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:10:18 +0000

Dartmouth meeting is first in series of Nova Scotia Federation of Labour forums

K'jipuktuk (Halifax) — Julia Cottingham was visibly shaken when she showed up to a workers' town hall Feb. 26, at the Holiday Inn in Dartmouth to discuss changes to Employment Insurance.

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Tory EI Reform Package Hits Seasonal, Casual Workers Hard

Editor — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:42:09 +0000

Local labour, grassroots groups demand reversal

Political leaders and civil society groups in Atlantic Canada are urging the Harper government to reconsider its controversial Employment Insurance reform package.

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May in Review

Natascia Lypny — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:17:45 +0000

May, Over Easy

Goodbye Graham

The retirement of Nova Scotia’s Finance Minister, Graham Steele, was unexpected — but welcome.

The pressures of working in the political world easily justify the personal reasons Steele offered for stepping back from the cabinet and government.

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