● Number of times the U.S. Republican presidential candidate has won the popular vote during the last 25 years: 1
● Percentage of eligible voters in the United States who voted for Donald Trump: 25
● Percentage of eligible voters in Canada who voted for the Liberal Party in the last federal election: 27
● Percentage of Canadians who are “very” or “somewhat” upset by Donald Trump’s election victory: 62
● Percentage of self-identified Conservative voters in Canada who are: 36
● Chance that a Canadian says they would consider voting for a candidate with “Trump-like policies”: 3 in 4
● Number of public sector workers in Turkey who have been dismissed by President Erdogan in the last four months: 100,000
● Ratio of annual gains in labour productivity to that of median hourly wages in Canada from 1976 to 2014: 12 to 1
● Labour wage share as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product in the United States in 1970: 54
● Percentage today: 44
● Of the 20 largest economies worldwide, number whose labour share as a percentage of GDP has declined since 1980: 20
● Percentage increase in the risk of early death caused by loneliness: 26
● Number of children in the United Kingdom currently receiving mental health or psychiatric services: 1.25 million
● Chance that a British woman between the ages of 16 and 24 suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder: 1 in 8
● Percentage of Canadian workers who are “interested” or “very interested” in a significant career change: 63
● Percentage who believe that “pay and benefits” is the most important factor in work satisfaction: 54
● Added cost of all public-private partnerships to taxpayers in Ontario during the past nine years: $8 billion
● Of this total, amount that comes from higher borrowing costs: $6.5 billion
● Amount the federal government is currently planning to invest in public-private partnerships for infrastructure: $35 billion
● Number of years after Confederation that postal banking existed in Canada: 100
● Percentage of actively publishing climate scientists who believe that climate change is real and caused by human activity: 95
● Percentage of Americans who do: 50
● Percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by all road, rail and marine transportation: 13
● Percentage caused by livestock production and its by-products: 51
● Number of gallons of water needed to produce one pound of beef: 2,500
● Number of firearm deaths last year in the United States: 13,386
● Estimated number of people who die each year in the United States from air pollution: 200,000
● Cost of lawsuit by the Canadian Pacific Rim Mining Co. against El Salvador for rejecting its mining license: $301 million
● Amount that the government of El Salvador spent on its legal defense for the lawsuit: $12 million
● Amount of foreign aid provided by Canada to El Salvador in 2015: $3.1 million
● Total foreign aid as a percentage of gross national income in Sweden: 1.4
● Percentage in Canada: 0.28
● Percentage of people in Canada who believe they “don’t have enough for basic essentials”: 9
● Percentage of people in India who believe this: 8
● Number of Americans currently working in the coal industry: 65,970
● Number currently working in the solar power industry: 209,000
● Percentage of Canada Pension Plan (CPP) domestic investments going to fossil fuel production and pipeline companies: 22
● Estimated number of public sector workers in India who went on strike in September: 180 million
● Total populations of Canada, France and the United Kingdom combined: 165 million
● Percentage of people in a modern society who must be politically active in order to mount a successful revolution: 3
Our Times Tally is written by union communications and media consultant Sean Cain (www.labourmedia.org).