Don’t blame unions for G20 chaos: I’m sure Duhaime would prefer that people who disagree with public policy stay home and shut up
It’s hard to know where to begin in pointing out the flaws – or outright misleading propaganda – in Eric Duhaime’s July 7 column blaming unions for the G20 “mess.” […]
Read moreMcKesson Canada workers on the picket line in Edmonton: 213 workers of UFCW 401 are now on strike!
Issue: McKesson Canada workers on the picket line in Edmonton; 213 members of UFCW 401 are now on strike Action Requested: Join the workers on two picket lines. When: Today […]
Read moreRally in Calgary, July 13, 2010 – First Collective Agreement for Park Operations Workers at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede: Volunteers needed immediately to help with leafletting!
Issue: First Collective Agreement for Park Operations Workers at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Actions Requested: Volunteers needed immediately to help with leafletting; also get your members to attend rally […]
Read moreA summit when police were praised
Would you believe that after the G8 meeting held near Calgary in 2002 the Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow complimented the city police on their approach to political activists who […]
Read more2010 Jun Speaking Notes – Presentation to Minister’s Advisory Committee on Health Care (MACH)
Good morning. My name is Gil McGowan and I am the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour. As most of you know, the AFL is Alberta’s largest organization of […]
Read moreReforming Canada’s Pension Plan
Only thirty-three percent of Albertans are covered by a workplace pension plan, a rate below the national average. And with the number of retirees set to spike as the baby […]
Read moreLet’s face it – Alberta has a problem, a revenue problem: It’s time for a grown-up conversation about how to fix the province’s broken revenue system
The Alberta government’s revenue model is broken and the time has come to talk about how to fix it, says Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan. Yes, that […]
Read moreWhich Way Will We Pay?
Which Way Will We Pay? It’s time for a grown-up conversation about Alberta’s revenue problem – and how we fund vital public services Too often the budget dialogue in Alberta […]
Read moreThe boom’s cruel legacy: Job-related fatalities hit a 26-year high during Alberta’s last oil-fuelled boom, when workers flooded into the province. As the recession fades and employment re…
Globetrotter Darina Valentik died in the path of a slow-moving railcar.Teenager Joel Balfour was killed when a backhoe bucket struck him in the head. Baker Donna Noonan died after tripping […]
Read moreNaming names: Alberta’s employment ministry vows to identify the worst safety performers, but behind the scenes, the province is still fighting to keep this information secret
This year, about 1,900 Alberta employers have been flagged with substandard safety records, a figure that’s surged by a third in the past 10 years. Nearly 300 have been on […]
Read moreMinimum Wage Increases Do Not Lead to Job Loss: AFL analysis shows service industry employment has increased after minimum wage adjustments
CALGARY – New Alberta Federation of Labour research shows employment in service industries actually grows after minimum wages increases, said AFL president Gil McGowan in his presentation to a government […]
Read more2010 Jun Speaking Notes – Presentation to Alberta Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on the Economy – Minimum Wage
Good afternoon. My name is Gil McGowan and I’m president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. As most of you know, the AFL is Alberta’s largest labour organization, representing 29 […]
Read more2008 August Submission Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
2008 August Submission Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
Read moreMajor labour shortage predicted for oilpatch by 2014
CALGARY – Canada’s oilpatch may once again be a magnet for workers from across the country and around the world, an economist said Monday after a study predicted a major […]
Read moreJune 2010: Which Way Will We Pay?; Health-care public meetings; Public education petition
Which way will we pay for our vital public services? Despite all the media reports and shrill calls for cuts, Alberta does not have a spending problem, it has a […]
Read moreHead of Alberta Federation of Labour says foreign workers exploited
There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada […]
Read moreTemporary foreign worker numbers soar
There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly-released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada show […]
Read moreTrack injuries better, deal with problem employers: Alberta opposition: Province comes under fire following mistakes in auditor general’s report
Opposition parties are calling on the Alberta government to do a better job of tracking and dealing with employers that fail to meet health and safety standards. Merwan Saher, the […]
Read moreGov’t gains critical support for CPP hike: Alberta among minority of provinces opposed to higher premiums
Federal and provincial finance ministers have rallied around a mandatory, modest and gradual expansion of the Canada Pension Plan as the best route for fattening Canadians’ retirement incomes. Finance Minister […]
Read moreAlberta labour group questions CPP plans
One Alberta labour group says it doesn’t believe the provincial finance minister when it comes to CPP. In a letter published in a Charlottetown newspaper Sunday, Gil McGowan with the […]
Read moreAlbertans want pension reform’: labour leader
Albertans want pension reform, despite what the province’s finance minister might say, according to the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. On Sunday, Gil McGowan wrote a letter that […]
Read moreTed Morton doesn’t speak for Albertans on pension reform: Don’t allow improvements to be derailed, finance ministers warned
Edmonton – Canada’s finance ministers are being urged to ignore the opinions they are hearing from their Alberta counterpart, Ted Morton. In an open letter in today’s Guardian newspaper in […]
Read moreAlberta labour group calls for end to temporary foreign workers program
CALGARY — Fraud charges against a Calgary woman who headed a group for foreign workers have the Alberta Federation of Labour calling on the government to scrap the Temporary Foreign […]
Read moreNo charges in forklift death
Two years after his death, provincial workplace health and safety inspectors have decided not to pursue charges in the death of local teen Mitchell Tanner. Tanner was killed on June […]
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