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September 4, 2026

Canada lost 42,000 jobs in August, StatsCan says
CBC
Canada lost 42,000 jobs in August, Statistics Canada said Friday, contrary to economists' expectations, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4 per cent.

Health-care hiring has propped up Canada’s job market. Will patients see a difference?
CBC
A hiring boom across Alberta and Ontario health-care systems has been singlehandedly propping up Canada's national job market — but that growth may say more about the sluggish state of the rest of the economy than about improving patient outcomes.

Major labour group challenges Quebec’s union governance and transparency law
CTV News
A major Quebec labour group has launched a legal challenge of a new provincial law that affects union governance and transparency.

“Make a real offer, or pick an arbitrator”- CUPE holds province-wide day of action to call out delays in negotiations with Extendicare
CUPE
For months, 8 CUPE locals representing over 1,100 long-term care workers across Ontario have been kept waiting for a fair contract. Where other workers would have been able to go on strike to force the employer back to the table, these workers are denied that right under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA), forcing them into a long and drawn-out process to get a fair contract.

Ministry of Labour investigating after workers stuck on scaffolding during Toronto storm
CityNews
The Ministry of Labour says it is investigating after workers were stuck on a suspended scaffolding platform at a Yorkville apartment building during Wednesday’s storm.

NAPE Calls Labour Board Ruling ‘Historic Victory’ for Casual Workers
VOCM
NAPE has achieved what it’s calling a “historic victory” at the NL Labour Relations Board which protects the rights of casual workers.

‘You could be signing away your rights’: Ontario lawyer shares what laid-off workers should know about severance
Now Toronto
As new U.S. tariffs are expected to impact Canadian businesses, an Ontario lawyer is warning laid off employees they should not accept the first severance deals on the table.

Uber tries to slow driverless cars by siding with union
HRD
For most of its history, Uber treated labor unions as an obstacle to route around. Founder Travis Kalanick built the company's early reputation on outrunning regulators and driver organizers alike. So it raised eyebrows this year when Uber started showing up in statehouses arguing for driver protections, teaming up with some of the same unions it once tried to sideline.

Gallup Poll: 47% Say Unions Should Have More Influence
Newsmax
Nearly half of Americans say they want labor unions to wield more influence, a record high in Gallup polling over the past quarter century, as public approval of organized labor remains near a historic peak.

Surprisingly strong US jobs figures fuel rate rise bets
Yahoo
A boost in hospitality and education employment drove the US economy to create tens of thousands more jobs than expected last month, latest figures suggest.

Volkswagen to cut further 50,000 jobs as it ends row with union over revival plan
The Guardian
The car company Volkswagen has approved controversial plans to shed 100,000 jobs in a battle for survival as it faces fierce competition from Chinese rivals.

Australia: Public sector doctors strike in Melbourne for first time in decades
World Socialist Web Site
Over 1,000 doctors from Melbourne’s major inner-city public hospitals struck for four hours on Thursday, August 20, rallying outside the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Parkville. It was the first strike since 2002 by Victorian doctors, who voted 97 percent in favour of industrial action in July.

Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal 'miracle'
France24
Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled through a muddy opening, a video released by the energy ministry showed.

UofT staff vote 96% for strike mandate
USW
More than 6,100 administrative and technical staff at the University of Toronto have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate.

New funding commitment from territory isn’t enough to fill gap left by Jordan’s Principle, say educators
CBC
The Northwest Territories Department of Education says it will spend $35 million per year on inclusive schooling, staff training and early childhood development for at least the next three years.

Academics Are Workers
Inside Higher Ed
Welcome to the first installment of “The Academic Worker,” a monthly column that explores the academic workplace through a legal lens.

Even high school reporters are facing censorship now
The Guardian
High school journalism is often seen as a gentle apprenticeship: a place where teenagers cut their teeth on post-game reports from Friday night football or incremental updates of a student-council race. But at 17, Myesha Phukan wanted to work on something meatier. As a student reporter for the Oracle at Mountain View high school, she and a group of student journalists began methodically digging into a pattern of on-campus sexual harassment that, the reporters believed, administrators weren’t handling effectively. Over weeks of rigorous investigation, the Oracle amassed a substantial archive of evidence including screenshots, photos and witness accounts. The story investigated alleged on-campus offenders and consulted experts about the need for accountability when it comes to on-campus assault.

New IRS proposal threatens universities' tax-exempt status over diversity programs
Politico
The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday to cancel the tax-exempt status of universities that it says give preferential treatment to minority students.

Washington professor who parodied university 'land acknowledgment' wins $600K settlement
Fire
The University of Washington paid $600,000 after punishing Professor Stuart Reges for parodying a university-approved “land acknowledgment” in his syllabus.

September 3, 2026

Manitoba Government Makes Child Care Free for 4,100 Children
Province of Manitoba
The Manitoba government is eliminating child-care fees for 4,100 children from 3,000 eligible low-income families through changes to the Child-Care Subsidy Program, Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt and Ginette Lavack, parliamentary secretary to the federal Minister of Indigenous Services and member of Parliament for St. Boniface-St. Vital, on behalf of federal Secretary of State for Children and Youth Anna Gainey, announced today.

Province announces free daycare for low-income families
Winnipeg Free Press
Eligible parents will have their child-care fees waived come Sept. 13.

Indigenous enrolment up 12.5% at Brandon U
Winnipeg Free Press
Brandon University has recorded a 12.5 per cent increase in enrolment by Indigenous students from last year.

Rural school division rescinds order that would affect health-care privacy of older students
CBC
Hanover School Division trustees have yielded to Education Minister Tracy Schmidt's demand they rescind a directive that the mature minor designation be ignored in all division buildings.

‘Worse than we thought’: Scrubbing of Education Accord reveals 38 references to non-existent sources
CBC
Hundreds of errors, including 38 references to non-existent academic sources, were uncovered during the scrubbing of a high-profile action plan for Newfoundland and Labrador’s education system.

The secret to good labour relations
University Affairs
The two authors of this article spent years sitting across from one another at the bargaining table. One of us, Tracey Jandrisits, represented the University of Guelph administration. The other, Herb Kunze, represented the faculty association. We negotiated collective agreements, debated governance issues, worked through difficult personnel matters and, at times, advocated passionately for very different outcomes.

The university is the crisis
Canadian Dimension
Jason Arday is dead. That seems one thing we might be sure of.

New York City to ban student AI use in public schools until high school
The Guardian
New York City will ban students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, typically age 13 or 14. The prohibition is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday and will go into effect next week.

Faster homework, poor exam results: What AI is doing to students’ learning
Al Jazeera
Hundreds of millions of primary and secondary students are starting their schools for the new academic year this month. But the advent of Artificial Intelligence is changing the students’ learning process.

Manitoba Government Invests $630,000 in Youth Employment and Leadership Programs
Province of Manitoba
The Manitoba government is strengthening youth employment, leadership and wellness across the province with new investments through the From the Ground Up – Safe Health Communities for All program, helping young Manitobans build job skills, access mentorship and participate in culturally grounded programming that prepares them for long-term success, Municipal and Northern Relations Minister Glen Simard announced today.

Crown attorneys union scores win ahead of hearing
Winnipeg Free Press
The union for Manitoba Crown attorneys is applauding an arbitrator’s decision to approve the admission of an expert report on workload issues at an upcoming grievance hearing with the province.

Dynacare strike set to begin before hearing into essential services agreement
Winnipeg Free Press
Hundreds of Dynacare lab employees are expected to hit the picket line Tuesday, hours before a labour board hearing to determine whether they are essential workers.

Provincially regulated workplaces required to provide free menstrual products
Winnnipeg Free Press
New regulations came into force Tuesday requiring all provincially regulated workplaces in Manitoba to provide free menstrual products to employees.

7-day strike notice from Montreal blue collar workers coincides with major cycling event
CBC
The blue-collar workers' union in Montreal has filed a seven-day strike notice, with workers expected to walk out near the end of September during the UCI 2026 Road World Championships.

‘Treated Worse than Cattle’: 2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight
Labor Notes
Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, fo five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant closed.

‘Critical employees will begin to retire’: Trump’s new pay plan will deny most federal roles a raise, and it has workers warning of a retention crunch
Fortune
President Donald Trump is taking action to ensure most federal workers do not see a pay increase next year and denying concerns about its impact on employee retention and agency productivity, despite warnings to the contrary.

September 2, 2026

Red River Polytechnic looks to expand after MITT takeover
Winnipeg Free Press
Red River College Polytechnic is celebrating an enrolment bump and eyeing new high school partnerships as part of its merger with a longtime competitor.

Students back at former MITT campus after rocky transition amid school closure
Global News
College students and staff are shifting back to school on Tuesday at the former Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology campus after a challenging transition period with RRC Polytech.

RRC Polytech making sure programs 'remain relevant' amid growing demand for AI skills
CBC
Red River College Polytechnic has tripled the number of seats available for its cybersecurity diploma only one year after it was launched.

Teachers, students file new wave of lawsuits against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting
CBC
Lawyers representing victims and survivors of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting say they are filing 30 new legal complaints against OpenAI in U.S. federal court in California.

$10B in education funding 'simply isn't enough,' says NDP
Calgary Herald
As students return to school this week, Premier Danielle Smith and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides say a record $10.8 billion is being spent on education for this school year, while NDP education critic Amanda Chapman said it’s not enough.

'Inclusive' hiring has damaged Canadian research output: report
National Post
Canadian mandates on race-based hiring quotas in academia have done measurable damage to the country's research productivity, according to a new report by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Ontario teachers flag higher prices on Ford government's new Staples portal
The Trillium
Ontario teachers logging on to the Ford government’s new classroom supply portal are finding some products priced significantly higher than what their school boards previously paid for the same supplies — but the education minister says teachers are missing a key discounted part of the new system.

Calandra’s comments spark confusion over Ontario’s new high school attendance rules
Globe and Mail
As the school year begins in Ontario, a new policy linking high school students’ attendance to grades has been thrown into confusion for principals across the province following comments made by Education Minister Paul Calandra on Tuesday.

MUN Faculty Association speaks out against job cuts at university (video)
NTV
The MUN Faculty Association is speaking out against the latest round of cuts at Memorial University. That’s after last week’s announcement that more than 100 jobs will be cut. NTV’s Kyle Brookings reports.

This university built an AI curriculum before ChatGPT. Now it wants to help other schools do the same
CTV News
Ethan Pecora has a team of 15 specialized artificial intelligence agents assisting him with his work. That includes helping to manage his calendar and various tasks related to the mental wellness app he’s building.

Trump Attacks Academia—and Grad Students Ask if It’s Worth Saving
Inside Higher Ed
Earlier this year, atmospheric science Ph.D. student Lily Zhang published a letter explaining why she was leaving academia. She hadn’t failed. She hadn’t burned out. She had simply looked clearly at the system surrounding her work—the misogyny, the exploitation, the demand for total sacrifice with no guarantee of return—and decided it wasn’t worth it. As current and recent Ph.D. students ourselves, we recognize her story not as an exception but as emblematic of what it means to be a graduate student in 2026.

Union accuses Manitoba of interfering in negotiations ahead of looming strike by Dynacare lab workers
CBC
A labour union representing 350 laboratory professionals is accusing the provincial government of interfering in its ongoing negotiations with Dynacare, the province's provider of outpatient lab diagnostics.

Unifor and Stellantis begin contract negotiations under threat of auto tariffs
CBC
The union representing workers at Stellantis warned the U.S. automaker not to take Canadian employees for granted as Unifor and the company began contract talks Tuesday.

New Brunswick, union sign ‘master agreement’ for more than 3,500 employees
CTV News
The New Brunswick Union and the provincial government have signed a “master agreement” that will cover more than 3,500 employees and combine 11 bargaining units into one.

‘We’re putting continuing care operators on notice’: Union warns of potential strikes
CTV News
The union representing more than 20,000 continuing care workers in Alberta said it’s putting continuing care operators “on notice” that strikes could be coming.

WestJet Pilot Union Signals Contract Negotiations Weeks After Flight Attendant Strike
OpenJaw
Just weeks after the industry suffered the ripple effects of a 28-hour WestJet strike by its flight attendants, the airline's pilot union is urging management to avoid its "bargaining failures" as contract negotiations begin.

Union of National Employees elects new leadership after almost a year in trusteeship
Ottawa Citizen
The Public Service Alliance of Canada, the largest federal public service union in Canada, is set to hand back control of one of its component unions to an elected executive after almost a year managing the union.

House Republicans ramp up labor union investigations before midterms
The Guardian
House Republicans are investigating several US labor unions based on claims from far-right non-profits alleging union dues are being used for illegal political funding.

September 1, 2026

Employees, union raise concerns about AI tools amid WSIB layoffs
CBC
Amid ongoing layoffs at Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), some employees who have received notice — and their union — are raising concerns about the agency’s implementation of artificial intelligence (AI).

Union leaders worry province rushing to open temporary Dauphin hospital
Winnipeg Free Press
The province says it is on track to reopen the flood-damaged Dauphin hospital emergency department on Labour Day, but some union leaders representing health-care workers worry the reopening is being rushed.

CSN challenging Quebec law on union governance
CTV News
The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) is appearing before the Quebec Superior Court to challenge the province’s new law on union governance and transparency.

B.C. unions coordinate to press province to make future ferries locally
Abbotsford News
Several trade unions want action taken to ensure the future health of B.C. shipbuilding — including a commitment from BC Ferries to build its next fleet locally.

The Remarkable Starbucks Uprising: Has the Labor Movement Learned Anything?
Payday Report
We are now well into the sixth year of the Starbucks Coffee organizing drive, certainly a remarkable movement by any measure. Many decades ago, a number of unions did maintain a solid presence in the coffee shop and retail restaurant industry – in a few big cities at least. But in the modern era, huge deep-pocketed chain companies like Starbucks seem impenetrable, designed to be anti-union and impossible to organize. In the early 2000’s the IWW managed to heroically dig in and organize several Starbucks stores across a few cities, but were ultimately incinerated by massive company union-busting and lawbreaking.

40 Days, No Food: The Amazon Worker Starving Himself to Protest the Company
Western Edge
Italo Medelius is someone who embraces losing.

Manitoba educators hoping for more support with new science curriculum
CBC
Manitoba educators say teachers will need more support to successfully implement the province's new science curriculum, as its open-ended language contains fewer specific outcomes.

Little info available about changes to Manitoba's sex-ed curriculum included in health and phys ed revamp
CBC
Manitoba's new health and physical education curriculum will also include changes to how sexual education is taught in the province.

Winnipeg students in Grades 11, 12 will be 1st to get free transit passes
CBC
Winnipeg Transit begins rolling out free bus passes for young people next week, starting with students in the highest grades.

Winnipeg teacher disciplined for ‘liking’ student’s post
Winnipeg Free Press
A Winnipeg teacher has been reprimanded for accidentally clicking ‘like’ on a student’s year-old social media post during a late-night scroll.

‘Evolving global context’: School boards across Canada cancel, tweak field trips
Winnipeg Free Press
Zoe Cogger says two trips to the United States were going to be the highlight of her senior year in high school.

Committee vote brings outdoor learning facility one step closer for Riel school division
Winnipeg Free Press
Plans for an outdoor education facility that would host Indigenous and land-based learning for the Louis Riel School Division are moving forward.

What stalled negotiations between Ontario and teachers' unions mean for back to school
CBC
Numerous teachers' unions are at an impasse with the Ontario government over contract talks, which could prolong negotiations and push potential strike action well into the school year.

Universities aren’t political parties
The Queen's Journal
A university that is politically unbalanced does not necessarily lack ideological diversity.

The private school market serving international secondary students in Ontario has grown
The Conversation
The private secondary education market for international students in Ontario is growing quickly, yet a lack of regulation raises concern about quality as well as children’s safety.

MUN President Accused of Trying to ‘Diminish’ University With Recent Job Cuts
VOCM
The President of Memorial University’s Faculty Association is accusing MUN President Janet Morrison of trying to “diminish” the university with recent job cuts.

Columbia postdocs authorize strike
The Chief
Postdoctoral researchers at Columbia University voted by over 90 percent margin to authorize a strike, the workers' union announced over the weekend after six months of negotiations at the bargaining table failed to result in a contract.

Used bookstores navigate 'suspicious' bulk orders amid AI book-shredding fears
CBC
Used booksellers in Canada are navigating how to handle mysterious bulk orders, as suspicions grow that companies are buying up their old books so they can be scanned for AI training — and then trashed.

August 31, 2026

U of M research role expands after $79-M federal injection
Winnipeg Free Press
The University of Manitoba is playing in a new league.

Changes to Manitoba's sex ed curriculum included in health and phys ed revamp
CBC
Manitoba's new health and physical education curriculum will also include changes to how sexual education is taught in the province.

MUN Eliminating Over 100 Positions As Part of New Budget
VOCM
Memorial University has eliminated more than 100 positions as part of cost-cutting measures outlined in its most recent budget.

Exploratory process formed for potential Northern Saskatchewan University
SaskToday.ca
Efforts are underway to potentially bring a new university to northern Saskatchewan.

Nova Scotia's program review of universities moves closer to possible cuts, leaving faculties 'anxious'
The Chronicle Herald
It’s been a year and a half since a bill passed to give the provincial government the power to make changes at Nova Scotia universities. Yet faculty members are still in the dark about what could come next.

Adam Zivo: Jason Arday affair exposed the moral rot of progressives
National Post
Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday — who until recently was lauded as an anti-racist prodigy —  died by his own hand last week after being exposed as a plagiarist and pathological fraud. His story should be remembered as a cautionary tale of how radical diversity initiatives can corrupt academia, yet some progressives are spinning him as a martyr and prosecuting a witch hunt against anyone who helped expose his lies.

Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
The Guardian
Prof Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas has been barred from teaching on Ghent University campus for three months but has been allowed to continue his research position.

Trump administration seeks to restrict internships for international students
Reuters
President Donald Trump's administration has issued a memo for universities that seeks to restrict issuance of certain internship work authorizations for international students as the federal government ‌warned that colleges not complying with the regulations may lose certification to enroll foreign students.

The colleges facing DOJ accusations of racial discrimination in admissions
Higher Ed Dive
In May, the Trump administration opened a new front in its crackdown on the higher education sector.

‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools
The Guardian
Jared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the alarm about educational technology in classrooms.

University of Sydney staff to strike as union clash over AI and job security deepens
News.com.au
Hundreds of University of Sydney staff will walk off the job over stalled enterprise agreement talks covering job security and AI protections.

Stellantis and Unifor to kick off contract talks next week (video)
CBC
Stellantis and Unifor, which represents more than 6,000 workers at the global automaker's plant in Windsor, are set to launch collective bargaining next week. With a trade war and market uncertainty, the union says it could be the toughest contract negotiation ever. CBC Windsor's Emma Loop reports.

Sask. nurses could be sent anywhere in province under bargaining proposal
CTV News
The province is pitching a fundamental change to nursing practice across Saskatchewan as part of its negotiations with the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) over a new collective bargaining agreement.

Union, GM ratify new three-year deal for auto workers in Ontario
InSauga
Unionized workers at General Motors plants across Ontario voted overwhelmingly Sunday to ratify a new three-year contract that secures new products and investment amid the fear of plant closures, while also delivering wage increases and benefit improvements to more than 4,600 employees, as well as pension improvements to retirees.

Lauren Frenkel: Canadian unions should know socialism never ends well
National Post
The resurgence of socialism in the United States, mainly through the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), should serve as a warning to Canadians. Ideas once associated with Soviet socialism and later cultivated in Western activist movements and university campuses, are increasingly finding their way into mainstream campaigns and electoral victories in the United States.

Hundreds of Romanian workers protest to end blockade of sectoral bargaining
UNI Global Union
Hundreds of workers organised by UNI-affiliated Romanian unions in the commerce, tech and finance sectors protested on 25 August 2026 in front of Bucharest’s Ministry of Labour.

August 28, 2026

Province Rolls Out New Health and Physical Education Curriculum to Make Manitoba Kids Healthier
Province of Manitoba
The Manitoba government is introducing a pilot program for a new health and physical education curriculum that includes an ‘Every Body, Every Day’ policy making in-person physical education mandatory for all students from kindergarten to Grade 12, ensuring no student is left on the sidelines, Premier Wab Kinew and Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt announced today.

Physical activity ‘for every single child’
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba is overhauling phys-ed class and requiring all high school students to regularly work up a sweat on school grounds to graduate.

Workforce changes support Memorial’s long-term sustainability
Memorial University Gazette
This week, Memorial finalized workforce changes as part of cost reduction measures identified through the 2026–27 budget process and broader efforts to strengthen the university’s financial sustainability.

After autistic student denied, Quebec faces calls to reform French exemption process
CBC
Quebec is facing sharp criticism and calls to reform its French-language exemption process for students with disabilities following the removal of an autistic student from a local college.

Violence against education staff in N.W.T. on the rise, union says
CBC
The number of violent incidents against education staff in the Northwest Territories has steadily increased over the last 20 years, according to data from the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC).

Canadian Universities Poach 48 Researchers From American Campuses, Including Harvard and Yale
University Herald
Canadian universities have recruited 48 researchers from U.S. campuses, including Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan, as part of a federal initiative that has awarded more than $541 million to bring 64 research leaders to Canada.

Degrees of Difference: Comparing Bachelor’s Degree Outcomes Across Ontario Colleges and Universities
C.D. Howe Institute
Does it matter where you get your bachelor’s degree from? Is there a detectable advantage to graduating from one type of institution over another? This question has preoccupied researchers across several countries for decades.

Columbia University postdoctoral workers vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike
World Socialist Web Site
Some 1,000 postdoctoral researchers, associate research scientists and associate research scholars at Columbia University have voted by over 90 percent to authorize strike action, the Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-United Auto Workers (CPW-UAW) Local 4100 announced last weekend. Approximately 850 workers participated in the vote, a record turnout, which comes after six months of negotiations failed to produce a contract.

Labour board rejects appeal by chain that underpaid foreign workers at Manitoba hotel
CBC
A hotel chain must pay more than $100,000 to three foreign workers employed at one of its locations in Manitoba after the province's labour board denied the company's appeal.

Subway restaurant owner in Quesnel fined for trying to suppress worker injury claim: WorkSafeBC
CBC
WorkSafeBC says a worker burned on the job was reprimanded for reporting the incident, and says their employer tried to get them to retract the claim by saying they had actually been injured at home.

Air traffic controllers allegedly left work early before fatal Air Canada crash at LaGuardia
CBC
The union representing American air traffic controllers has acknowledged allegations that two members left work early shortly before an Air Canada regional jet crashed at LaGuardia Airport in March, killing two pilots.

A Union Just Delayed Alphabet (GOOGL) Google’s $10 Million Purchase of a Bankrupt Airline’s Data
Yahoo
A US bankruptcy court delayed to September 9, 2026, a hearing to approve Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google buying internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million, after the flight attendants' union representing Spirit's cabin crew formally objected to the sale.

Kia union approves wage deal, marking 6th straight year without strike
The Korea Times
Kia Corp. said Friday its labor union has approved this year's wage agreement, wrapping up annual negotiations without a strike for the sixth consecutive year.

Australian workers face deepening real wage cuts
World Socialist Web Site
Newly released Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data confirms that the working class confronts a deepening cost-of-living crisis, as inflation continues to outpace wages. At the same time, banks, mining giants, supermarket chains and other major corporations have racked up record profits.