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The Alberta Federation of Labour’s Gil McGowan is calling on the federal government to extend EI coverage to all those affected by floods in Southern Alberta. Only about 22% of […]

Edmonton – Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan has called on the federal government to extend EI coverage for all those affected by floods in Southern Alberta. Only about […]

URGENT ACTION Free Workshop on Access to Information on Friday, June 28 The Alberta Federation of Labour will host a “Lunch and Learn” workshop covering the basics of Alberta’s Freedom […]

AFL to make final arguments against Northern Gateway Pipeline EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour is making the case that the Northern Gateway Pipeline is not in the best […]

2013 Backgrounder_Final Arguments against the Northern Gateway Pipeline

The Alberta Federation of Labour gave its final arguments against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline on Monday, begging the joint review panel to reject the project. At a hearing in […]

TERRACE, B.C. — Enbridge Inc. shot back at critics of its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Monday, arguing the project is making enormous and costly commitments to avoid accidents and that […]

AFL Final Written Argument Northern Gateway Pipeline

Supreme Court says Irving pulp mill’s random testing policy has ‘severe’ impact on privacy The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a company’s right to impose mandatory, random alcohol testing […]

Decision reaffirms union’s stance against random drug and alcohol testing EDMONTON – Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a major victory in the fight against random and arbitrary privacy violations through […]

AFL Lunch & LearnTopic: Alberta’s Freedom of Information system to access information from public bodies Friday, June 28, 2013Lunch: 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Learn: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.The Alberta […]

Another week, another RCMP scandal. On Tuesday, Staff Sgt. Caroline O’Farrell, one of the first women to join the force’s storied equestrian show, the Musical Ride, launched an $8-million lawsuit […]

Fort McMurray local faces job losses due to government mismanagement Edmonton – More than 50 postal workers in Fort McMurray walked off the job this morning to protest contracting out […]

Urgent Action: Alberta embracing The Better Way Campaign Since April 1, moviegoers all over Alberta have been getting a message on the Better Way Alberta campaign. The message, in which […]

Legislating contract undermines collective bargaining Edmonton – Legislation to impose a four-year contract on teachers is bad news for workers all over Alberta says the province’s largest labour organization. School […]

Province does not collect fair share for conventional oil and gas Calgary – Alberta is close to last place in collecting a fair share of royalties from conventional oil and […]

The budget document includes a chart showing that every U.S. state is ahead of Alberta in collecting a fair share. The measurement used – called Combined Royalty and Tax Measure […]

Government mail-out misleading about efforts to collect fair share for taxpayers Alberta is nearly in last place in collecting a fair share of royalties from conventional oil and gas. On […]

2013 BackgrounderConventional Oil and Gas Royalties

Ever wonder how the world’s oil tycoons feel about the royalty they are charged by the Alberta government? Movie theatre-goers can find out this month. A 30-second commercial, which pokes […]

What: News Conference today at 4:30 PM Where: Glenora Room, Main Floor Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel 10155 – 105th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1E2 When: 4:30 PM, Wednesday, May 1 […]

Draconian and punitive dues suspension is of concern to workers across Alberta Edmonton – Elected labour leaders representing more than 160,000 workers throughout Alberta are worried about the implications of […]

FROM LAST RESORT TO FIRST CHOICE: How the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is flooding the market, not filling a need During the recession, Alberta lost tens of thousands of jobs. […]

Two federal ministers yesterday jointly announced changes in the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including a “temporary suspension” of the Accelerated Labour Market Opinion program criticized by labour leaders. But […]