The Canadian economy is recovering, employment has returned to pre-pandemic levels, and wages are improving. However, fiscal uncertainty, labour shortages, and growing unionization rates are priorities for labour relations leaders.
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After more than a year of unprecedented challenges, the Canadian economy is projected to expand by 5.1 per cent this year and 4.4 per cent in 2022. Increased vaccination rates and loosened restrictions have led to increased economic activity, higher wages, and a return to pre-pandemic levels of employment. However, challenges remain for the economy—specifically uncertainty around new COVID-19 variants and long-standing labour shortages in several industries that could threaten economic growth.
Salary increases for unionized employees are estimated at 1.9 per cent for 2022. This is below the projected average wage increase of 2.4 per cent for non-unionized employees and the forecast inflation rate of 2.6 per cent.
While most managers predict a cooperative union-management relationship heading into 2022, 12 per cent of organizations expect an uncooperative year, which could be linked to unionization growth and the onset of new union-management relationships.
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