Jim Stanford

1 month ago | wyomingnews.com | Adam Meyer |Kevin Olson |Jim Stanford |Jonathan Gallardo

From the Gillette News Record, March 1Judge gives the state a failing grade on education funding(Last) week, a judge ruled that the state’s current model for funding education is a violation of the Wyoming Constitution, ending a years-long lawsuit between the Wyoming Education Association and the state of Wyoming. In other words, the state received an “F” grade when it comes to paying for education. Laramie County District Judge Peter Froelicher, who was appointed by Gov.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Adam Meyer |Kevin Olson |Jim Stanford

Picture, for a moment, a Democratic U.S. president siding with Russia over Ukraine, freezing billions in funds already approved by Congress, punishing the press to compel speech, and sending a group of 19- to 24-year-olds who are not government employees on a wilding spree through the federal workforce, where they gain access to sensitive Social Security and IRS data while indiscriminately slashing thousands of jobs. Now picture the reaction of U.S. Sens.

2 months ago | thetyee.ca | Jim Stanford

“Think I'll go out to Alberta, weather's good there in the fall, I got some friends that I can go to workin' for...” Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Watch 'Women of the Fur Trade' This February Challenging the male gaze, this powerful satirical play follows three women sharing stories in the time of Louis Riel. That’s not just a famous lyric by Ian Tyson. For years it’s been a siren song luring workers from other parts of Canada in search of a better life.

2 months ago | centreforfuturework.ca | Jim Stanford

After a decade of declining real wages, Alberta continues to lag the rest of Canada in repairing wages and living standards for the province’s workers. That is the finding of new research released by the Centre for Future Work. Alberta once boasted the highest wages and the strongest labour market in Canada. This was a key component of what was once caused the ‘Alberta Advantage’. Unfortunately, the economic tides have turned dramatically over the last decade.

2 months ago | canadiandimension.com | Jim Stanford

These closures are a cruel, anti-democratic attack on all workers that demand a strong response from unions across Canada Economic CrisisLabourQuebec Terrorism is defined as an act of violence, usually harming innocents, that is motivated by a political or ideological goal. By that standard, Amazon’s decision to shut all seven of its warehouses (euphemistically called ‘fulfilment centres’) in Québec, to avoid unionization at one of those warehouses, is an act of economic terrorism. The lives...