Dave Turowec

CALGARY – The Alberta Federation of Labour’s biennial convention continues in Calgary tomorrow. Highlights from the convention agenda for Saturday, April 18 include the following: A panel of labour leaders […]

CALGARY – Hundreds of delegates attending the Alberta Federation of Labour’s biennial convention in Calgary will be joining striking workers on the picket line outside Dynamic Furniture (5300 – 6th […]

Environment Policy Paper presented at 2nd Biennial Convention (April 15 – 18, 1999) The range of environmental issues needing attention is extensive, too extensive for a single policy paper. This […]

CALGARY – Delegates to the Alberta Federation of Labour’s biennial convention will be kept busy all day tomorrow with a number of important guest speakers and special events. Highlights of […]

CALGARY – Two prominent union leaders will be featured speakers as the Alberta Federation of Labour kicks off its biennial convention tomorrow in Calgary. Several hundred union members and activists […]

CALGARY – Hundreds of union members and activists from across the province will gather in Calgary next week to set a course for the Alberta labour movement as it prepares […]

Now More than Ever: An examination of the challenges and opportunities facing Alberta unions in the 21st century In this report, we will take a closer look at the future […]

EDMONTON – Premier Ralph Klein will go down in history as the man who killed Medicare if he goes ahead with recommendations put forward by the so-called blue ribbon panel […]

EDMONTON – A group of union leaders and activists from across Alberta with gather in Edmonton tomorrow to discuss strategies for combating racism, harassment and discrimination in the workplace and […]

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour urges him to order federal government negotiators back to the table with a “substantially more […]

EDMONTON – Audrey Cormack, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, will be available to answer questions from reporters immediately following tomorrow’s provincial budget address. Provincial Treasurer Stockwell Day is […]

EDMONTON – As women go marching on International Women’s Day in 1999, the Alberta Federation of Labour will be joining them and reflecting on their progress over the past Century […]

EDMONTON – Members of the Alberta Federation of Labour’s Executive Council will join the picket line outside the CBC television building this afternoon to show support for striking technical, design […]

Audrey Cormack, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will be available to comment on today’s Speech from the Throne and to offer an Alberta perspective on the Federal […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) accused the Minister of Labour today of misleading the public in his announcement of the Labour Relations Board (LRB) appointments. In his announcement yesterday […]

EDMONTON – The so-called Social Union agreement that was signed yesterday by the Prime Minister and nine provincial premiers could mark the beginning of the end of Canada as we […]

EDMONTON – Thousands of unemployed Albertans have been left without adequate means of support and hundreds of millions of dollars have been drained away from the Alberta economy – all […]

EDMONTON – The provincial government’s controversial Bill 37 poses a serious threat to the future of Medicare and should be scrapped, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. That was the […]

Premier Ralph Klein’s call for the provinces and federal government to discuss changes to the Canada Health Act reveals that his real agenda is to permanently entrench private, for-profit hospitals […]

Tuesday, January 19 @ 4:30 pmGeorgia Pacific Plant403 – 118A Avenue (see map below) The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is organizing a support rally for striking workers at the […]

EDMONTON – The federal government’s new Employment Insurance system has failed to provide working people in Alberta with kind of protection they need and deserve, says Audrey Cormack, president of […]

Missing out on the Boom? (A Report Card on Jobs, Wagds and Economic Security in Alberta) In the next twenty pages, we will provide an update of the economic “snapshot” […]

Crumbs from the Table: Re-evaluating the so-called “Alberta Advantage” A report card on jobs, wages and economic security in Alberta (March 1997)