Like the proverbial hot potato being passed around as rapidly as possible, the Ontario Government, true to their corporate puppet masters, has vowed to do nothing about the growing problem of unpaid internships, preferring instead to palm the problem off to the education industry. As reported in a followup story
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Politics and its Discontents: Not-So-Sweet Nothings
While I have written about unpaid internships briefly in the past, now seems a good time to revisit this predatory practice so eagerly imposed by the corporately conscienceless. While at one time internships were seen as a legitimate and constructive way to gain both valuable work experience and contacts for
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Think I’m Joking About Corporate Feudalism?
Perhaps you think that I’m being somewhat Pollyanna about the issue of corporate feudalism and its rise in both Canada and the US. I’m not kidding. This is possibly the most serious issue facing Canadian workers in the last 100 years. Just as the Temporary Foreign Worker program has served
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