Dave Turowec

Oil-sands workers to bear brunt of wage cuts, reveals AFL analysis of Temporary Foreign Worker Program changes Calgary – Alberta workers presented a torn-up paycheque to federal Immigration Minister Jason […]

Construction leaders in Canada have mixed views about what impact federal government Employment Insurance reforms will have on seasonal workers and the industry as a whole. “It’s hard to make […]

WASHINGTON — As a laboratory of democracy, the battle to recall Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin had all of the messy pieces: a clash of armies on the ground, the […]

Centennial of Alberta Federation of Labour marked with great day at Fort Edmonton Park Finding a fun event for the whole family just got a whole lot easier, thanks to […]

A century of fighting for workers’ rights is explored in a display that opening today at Edmonton City Hall. “The labour movement has been a vital player in shaping the […]

‘After tax’ line attempts to paint province’s ultra-low minimum wage as ranking “second in Canada” EDMONTON – Members of the government of Alberta should be ashamed of themselves for attempting […]

EDMONTON – Alberta is to raise its general minimum wage to $9.75 per hour on Sept. 1. The 35-cent increase will mean the province will have the second lowest rate […]

Labour leader represents 25,000 oil sands workers in Alberta CALGARY – In a keynote address to academics at the University of Calgary, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan today […]

Health science professionals in Alberta meet for two days to discuss upcoming challenges. Edmonton (30 May 2012) – Members from across Alberta will be gathering on May 31 and June […]

OTTAWA – Tom Mulcair is heading to Alberta for his first tour of the oilsands, confident he can dispel perceptions that he’s anti-development and anti-western Canada. But even before the […]

EDMONTON – Thirty workers in Edmonton have been laid off by a company that was awarded a $1-billion government contract to upgrade light-armoured vehicles for the Canadian Forces. Edmonton-Strathcona MP […]

CALGARY – The head of the Alberta Federation of Labour is defending Tom Mulcair in advance of the federal NDP leader’s tour of the oilsands. Mulcair has angered western premiers […]

It’s not a good time to be organized labour, or most types of labour, in Canada. And I’d define “time” as the period when Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of […]

It’s not a good time to be organized labour, or most types of labour, in Canada. And I’d define “time” as the period when Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of […]

Council to seek provincial, federal help with $1.8B plan City council has voted to build the $1.8-billion southeast LRT line as what could be one of Edmonton’s largest publicprivate partnerships. […]

New changes will tilt labour market in favour of low-wage employers Changes to EI announced today pull back the curtain on Harper’s low-wage agenda says the Alberta Federation of Labour. […]

Labour Minister Diane Finely says Canada’s economic prosperity depends on the country’s ability to meet emerging and growing labour market challenges. Finley says changes announced Thursday to the Employment Insurance […]

A century of fighting for workers’ rights is explored in a display that opened this week at Bonnyville & District Museum (click here for a sample display). “The labour movement […]

The new Employment Insurance rules from the federal government have the Alberta Federation of Labour fuming. The AFL says the changes will push wages down, and force workers to take […]

CALGARY — Overreliance on temporary foreign workers to remedy Alberta’s labour shortages will hurt both domestic and imported workforces, local labour and immigration organizations said. The federal government introduced several […]

Daniel Aguirre becomes the seventh Colombian trade unionist killed this year, and the 61st since Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos took office in August 2010. Colombia (07 May 2012) – […]

Pipe trade students build sign to show collaboration between GBLT community and construction industry. Pipe trade students at SAIT built something that’s the first of its kind at the trade […]

AFL joins national coalition of labour, religious and immigrant groups in condemning Harper government’s new approach to TFWs New rules allowing employers to fast track Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and […]

With proposed EI changes, more Canadians will be forced into the kind of bad jobs Flaherty says don’t exist, says AFL Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s shocking comment that there […]