Andrew Jackson spent most of his career as Chief Economist and Director of Social and Economic Policy with the Canadian Labour Congress. Since retiring from the CLC in 2012 he has been Senior Policy Adviser at the Broadbent Institute, and spent two years as the Packer Visiting Professor of Social Justice at York University. He is currently Adjunct Research Professor in the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues which is now in its third edition.