BLOG: We’ll be short thousands of nurses in the next few years. Alberta needs to step up.
/The Alberta government forecasts that we’ll be short nearly 9,300 registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, nursing supervisors, and licensed practical nurses by the year 2030. That’s according to the government’s […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE: Does the UCP have a secret plan to cut the minimum wage in rural Alberta?
There are good reasons to believe that’s exactly what they’re considering, says labour leader EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), […]
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BLOG: Privatized surgical facilities are bad medicine
/The UCP government’s making a big deal about contracting out publicly insured surgeries to chartered surgical facilities. The basic idea is that the province outsources publicly insured surgeries to private […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE: Interest rate hike is another gut punch to Alberta workers
AFL President responds to Bank of Canada announcement this morning EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) today expresses alarm as the Bank of Canada raised interest rates for the […]
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