The alarm about AI is being sounded even more clearly. https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/your-job-is-definitely-at-risk-due-to-artificial-intelligence-but-not-for-the-reasons/article_418f53af-218e-42a1-b93e-56d661f9bf68.html?source=newsletter&utm_email=3DC1D8379F9ABCD7F13BB87715F8CED2&utm_campaign_id=sub
#aibubble #jimstanford

The Tyee: A Vote for the UCP Is a Vote for Wage Suppression https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/26/Vote-For-UCP-Vote-Wage-Suppression/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AlbertaPremierDanielleSmith #AlbertaFederationofLabour #UnitedConservativeParty #CounselPublicAffairs #Albertaelection2023 #CentreforFutureWork #minimumwageAlberta #JimStanford

The Tyee: Business Group Says Gig Workers Shouldn’t Get Employee Rights (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/24/Business-Groups-Gig-Workers-Employee-Rights/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #GreaterVictoriaChamberofCommerce #GreaterVancouverBoardofTrade #BerkeleyResearchGroup #CEOBridgitteAnderson #SussanneSkidmore #BeaconEconomics #employeestatus #KuljeetSingh #JimStanford #ArvinSingh #gigeconomy #gigworkers #VeenaDubal

The Tyee: Is Your Boss Ready for a Four-Day Work Week? (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/13/Four-Day-Work-Week/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCChamberofCommercepresidentFionaFamulak #BCGreenPartyLeaderSoniaFurstenau #AutonomyU.K.researchfirm #B.C.MinistryofFinance #B.C.MinistryofLabour #CentreforFutureWork #four-dayworkweek #WelshParliament #ShiraBlustein #BCGreenParty #JimStanford #GregKyllo #Maryland

The Tyee: Labour Shortage, or Bad Jobs? (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/10/Labour-Shortage-Bad-Jobs/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCChamberofCommercepresidentFionaFamulak #JimStanford,CentreforFutureWork #TemporaryForeignWorkerProgram #FinanceMinisterKatrineConroy #EmploymentStandardsBranch #BCFederationofLabour #BCFutureReadyPlan #BClabourshortage #SussanneSkidmore #labourshortage #BClabourgap

Cdn corporate profits [as measured by unit profit cost] has "soared almost 50% since 2019. Unit labour costs grew one-third as fast" per #JimStanford, CentreforFutureWork (source Statistics Canada) in Globe and Mail's Jan 7, 2023 "Decoding 2023" (paywall) with 37 experts' guide/charts to the future of the Cdn economy.
#JimStanford #GlobeAndMail #StatisticsCanada #economy #profits #wages #labour #Canada #GDP #finance #CdnPoli #CanPoli

The Tyee: Democratic Socialists Gathered to Compare Notes. Listen in (in Analysis) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/03/Democratic-Socialists-Gathered-Compare-Notes/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #SFUVancityOfficeofCommunityEngagement #CanadianCentreforPolicyAlternatives #Co-operativeCommonwealthFederation #MaryMellor,NorthumbriaUniversity #JimStanford,CentreforFutureWork #SFUInstitutefortheHumanities #U.K.LabourleaderJeremyCorbyn #PrimeMinisterStephenHarper #MarjorieGriffinCohen