Dave Turowec

EDMONTON – The Alberta government’s new marriage law sends a clear message of intolerance against gays and lesbians, says the president of Alberta’s largest labour organization. Audrey Cormack, president of […]

EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour President Audrey Cormack will be taking the fight against the Klein government’s Private Hospitals Bill to Ottawa on Tuesday, March 7th. Cormack has a […]

The Klein government will pay a big price from Albertans if it continues with its private health care bill, introduced in the Legislature today, says Audrey Cormack, President of the […]

EDMONTON – Audrey Cormack, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, will be available to answer questions from the media immediately following the release of the federal budget later today. […]

EDMONTON – The federal government has squandered an historic opportunity to restore the health of Canada’s Medicare system and build new programs to help Canadian families in the 21st century, […]

EDMONTON – Based on the plans outlined in yesterday’s provincial budget, it’s clear that the Klein government is charting a dangerous course for Alberta, says the president of Alberta’s largest […]

EDMONTON – The fiscal plan that will be outlined in this afternoon’s provincial government budget is based on two dangerous myths, says the president of Alberta’s largest labour organization. “Today’s […]

The tragic wave of workers killed on the job in the past six days is a marker that the Alberta government is not doing enough to protect worker safety, says […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta government’s plan for the coming year – as outlined in today’s Throne Speech – is based on two dangerous myths, says the President of the Alberta […]

EDMONTON – Audrey Cormack, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, will be available to answer questions from the media immediately following tomorrow’s Throne Speech. The Throne Speech is scheduled […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour is criticizing the announcement today of a new Committee struck to review Alberta’s business tax regime. The new Committee, says AFL President Audrey Cormack, will […]

Alberta labour leaders threw their support behind the Canadian Federation of Students protests taking place in Alberta and throughout the rest of the country today. “The situation facing young Albertans […]

EDMONTON – The President of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) feels that Pam Barrett, who today stepped down as Leader of the Alberta New Democrats and MLA for Edmonton […]

Premier Klein’s televised address last night was a continuation of his intentional misleading of the public over his privatization experiment, says Audrey Cormack, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour has obtained a copy of a confidential WCB Board of Directors document outlining a list of 40 amendments to the WCB Act and Regulation the […]

New figures acquired by the Alberta Federation of Labour show that in 1998, work absence due to illness, injury and disability were at their highest level in a decade. This […]

EDMONTON –The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will be holding its fourth annual workshop dealing with violence against women on December 6, 1999 – the National Day of Remembrance and […]

Thousands join AFL centennial celebration as Harper wages war on workers Thousands of union members, supporters and families from all over Alberta sent a message to political leaders across the […]

A provincially-backed farm safety council is expected to find ways to reduce the number of on-farm injuries in Alberta without adding more rules or more costs. The Alberta government on […]

EDMONTON – If Jean Chretien’s Liberals really want to do something significant to mark National Child Day on Saturday, they should live up to their promises and establish a comprehensive […]

EDMONTON – Premier Ralph Klein wasn’t fooling anyone this evening when he attempted to portray himself as a defender of Medicare during a ten-minute, publicly-funded television spot, says Audrey Cormack, […]

Deep cuts to health care, education and other services would have not been necessary if Klein had been a better steward of Alberta’s petroleum resources EDMONTON – Premier Ralph Klein […]

The antics of the Calgary Herald this past weekend demonstrate that Southam newspaper magnate Conrad Black is not interested in finding a mutually-acceptable agreement, but out to bust the newly-certified […]

EDMONTON – Members of the federal government are allowing themselves to be unduly swayed by pressure from the Reform Party and other advocates of radical tax cuts – and ordinary […]