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    $27.36: the average hourly pay for unionized workers in Canada

    Econowatch
    <p>Pedro the dog and his owner Ava Hicks are seen in downtown Vancouver during a strike of more than 27,000 British Columbia government workers Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Wages are at the centre of the 24-hour action by members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union and its supporting unions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardHayward</p>

    Pedro the dog and his owner Ava Hicks are seen in downtown Vancouver during a strike of more than 27,000 British Columbia government workers Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Wages are at the centre of the 24-hour action by members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union and its supporting unions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardHayward

    (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

    $27.36:

    The average hourly wage for union workers in Canada, versus $22.25 for non- unionized employees, says a new report.

    30 cents:

    The amount gas prices have jumped in the last month in the U.S., put- ting a crimp in consumer spending.

    1,200:

    The number of flights cancelled so far by All Nippon Airways due to the grounding of Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner over battery troubles.

    $612 million:

    The record fine the Royal Bank of Scotland agreed to pay last week for its role in the LIBOR rate-fixing scandal.

    $2 billion:

    The savings the U.S. Postal Ser- vice expects each year from stop ping Saturday delivery. Its losses last year: $16 billion.

    $16.4 trillion:

    The U.S. debt, which rose on the first day the legal debt ceiling limit was suspended.

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