Dave Turowec

Issue: CUPW members in Calgary and Edmonton area hit picket lines last night (Tuesday, June 7th) for a 24-hour strike Actions Requested: Join the picket line until 9 p.m. in […]

Close to 800 clients with learning disabilities will need to find new support after the local chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association closes on June 17. This is the second […]

Translator’s note: On May 24, a massive explosion and fire at a newly inaugurated oil refinery in Abadan led to the deaths and injuries of an unknown number of workers. […]

In one fell swoop, the Alberta government has managed to ensure the perpetuity of both future minimum wage increases and the controversy over the minimum wage itself. After freezing the […]

More than 1,000 Wisconsin firefighters, nurses, farmers and community members marched through Madison today to the Capitol Square to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) extreme and anti-middle class budget. The […]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) apparently doesn’t want to be reminded of the people who will feel the sting of his budget cuts. It was revealed last week that Walker, […]

Doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during the unrest in Bahrain went on trial in a security court on Monday accused of participating in efforts to overthrow the […]

MADISON, Wis. — Those against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal are settling in for the long haul, pitching tents at the Capitol Square. The lines have been drawn and the […]

A voluntary safety accreditation program that entitles employers to earn WCB premium rebates and bid on lucrative government contracts is being abused, admits Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk. Lukaszuk announced Thursday […]

Provincial safety accreditation is now on the line for employers not in the business of providing safe workplaces for their employees. Starting July 1 — Canada Day — Alberta employers […]

Join Together Alberta launches campaign to save education, health and social services Alberta is one of the wealthiest jurisdictions in the world, and yet up to 1,200 teachers and hundreds […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) welcomed today’s move by the provincial government to improve workplace health and safety, but says changes to the Certificate of Recognition (COR) do not […]

Jobsite fatalities, serious injuries or multiple stop work orders will force an immediate review of employers safety accreditation staring July 1, according to new rules introduced by the province Thursday. […]

Alberta Workplace safety violators will soon be hit with harsher penalties. Employment and Immigration minister Thomas Lukaszuk announced Tuesday that workplace deaths, serious injuries and multiple stop-work orders are now […]

HSAA President Elizabeth Ballermann to address delegates on key health challenges and other major issues. Edmonton (2 June 2011) – Delegates gather today in Edmonton, Alberta to kick off one […]

Stricter workplace safety regulations could see Alberta employers who experience on-site fatalities or serious injuries lose their government accreditation. Minister of Employment and Immigration Thomas Lukaszuk announced Thursday the implementation […]

EDMONTON – Alberta is raising its minimum wage, but too late for students working summer jobs who will be returning to school this fall. The general minimum wage will rise […]

Today’s announcement that minimum-wage levels in the province are going up has been welcomed by the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), but the labour organization has serious concerns over details […]

This just out. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Dan Kapanke, who’s facing a recall election after voting to kill collective bargaining rights for public employees, […]

State Sen. Dan Kapanke, a Republican facing a possible recall election, says he’s got one huge obstacle that he must overcome to keep his seat. All the government workers in […]

EDMONTON — Raising taxes will reduce provincial budget cuts and save more than 1,000 teachers from losing their jobs in Alberta, say unions, community groups and social-services agencies, which have […]

EDMONTON – A coalition of hundreds of thousands of Albertans is gathering to force the Conservative government to fix its broken revenue system and save our schools, post-secondary education, health […]

A plan to lay off more than 1,000 teachers across Alberta is being met with fierce opposition from unions and special interest groups, who say the decision can’t be justified. […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour thinks the province’s minimum wage is too low, and it wants Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk to do something about that before he […]