Dave Turowec

The City of Calgary risks staining its good name if it tries to evict peaceful protestors from the Occupy Calgary site at Olympic Plaza, says the province’s largest labour organization. […]

In the wake of a significant electoral victory in Ohio Tuesday, unions and their supporters are energized and eager to flex their newly honed political muscles. But the path to […]

Adding evening and weekend safety inspections is a step in the right direction to improve safety at residential construction sites, but what Alberta workers really need is the ability to […]

Today the people of Ohio will decide, in a referendum vote, whether Gov. John Kasich’s anti-worker bill will become law or get tossed out. So when an Ohio union staffer […]

Organized labor’s early flirtation with Occupy Wall Street is starting to get serious. Last month, Verizon workers marched past Zuccotti Park in solidarity with Occupy protesters. Union leaders, who were […]

2011 November Submission to the Honourable Dave Hancock on the Labour Code Review

Advocates of a living wage hit downtown streets Tuesday to hand out $9.40 bills to raise awareness that Alberta’s minimum wage, now the lowest in the country, is not enough. […]

Issue: The Occupy movement is holding marches and rallies to call for a Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions that would raise billions of dollars to protect public services, help […]

Issue: Members of UFCW 401 at the Sobeys store in Forest Lawn, Calgary, are on strike as the employer seeks cuts to wages and benefits. Action Requested: Join a rally […]

With Ohio voters looking to overturn Governor John Kasich’s union-busting Senate Bill 5 through a statewide referendum, national Republican donors, strategists and corporations are pumping money into the state to […]

My mind keeps drifting back to the recent Air Canada flight attendants’ strike that never happened, as a result of threats from the Harper government. I know it’s already mouldy […]

Issue: Members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 2010 at Peri Formworks in Calgary have been on strike since July 4. Actions Requested: Join the picket lines […]

The Alberta government made a significant policy U-turn when Premier Alison Redford publicly contradicted her new energy minister’s decision to change the overall approach to the construction of the Heartland […]

Judgment day is just around the corner for Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s anti-union bill. On November 8, Ohioans will vote on whether to repeal Kasich’s SB 5 legislation, which slashes […]

COLUMBUS — Major polling has remained consistent in its conclusions on Senate Bill 5 since lawmakers passed the legislation earlier this year and opponents launched a petition drive to repeal […]

Taxi Workers Alliance joins AFL-CIO, as number of contract workers continues to grow WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last week, the National Taxi Workers Alliance became the first nontraditional labor group to join the […]

With retailers gearing up for the holiday shopping season, work is available for job seekers. But a lot of the jobs are of the part-time or temporary variety. Gil McGowan, […]

A Conservative Private Member’s Bill to be debated in Parliament today (Thursday) is part of an organized campaign by the Harper government to silence all those who oppose its right-wing […]

Reports of 200 Albertans losing their jobs and being replaced by temporary foreign workers (TFWs) is clear evidence that the TFW program is driving down wages and working conditions, says […]

Alberta labour groups are calling on the province to do more to prevent a growing number of workplace fatalities. The call for action comes a day after an Edmonton worker […]

EDMONTON _ Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason is demanding that Premier Alison Redford intervene with the federal government in a dispute over temporary foreign workers in the oilsands. Mason says […]

A day after an accident at a worksite on the northwest edge of the city ended in the death of a steelworker, the Alberta Federation of Labour is calling safer […]

Alberta labour groups are calling on the province to do more to prevent a growing number of workplace fatalities. The call for action comes a day after an Edmonton worker […]

It has been 20 years since India adopted free-market policies and opened up its economy to the world. Liberalised India reduced public investment and expenditure and encouraged foreign investment and […]