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PRESS RELEASE: AFL launches “Adopt-a-Striker” action to counter UCP efforts to “starve education workers out”
Feb 21, 2025

Other unions and supporters are being asked to help keep strikers whole as they fight for higher wages and dignity EDMONTON – The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

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PRESS RELEASE: AFL urges Smith to “pick a side” in the war against Trump’s tariffs
Feb 3, 2025

Smith is not currently on Team Canada. That needs to change, says McGowan EDMONTON – In a strongly-word letter to Premier Danielle Smith, the president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Alberta wages have fallen behind both BC and Quebec, says new report released by the Alberta Federation of Labour
Jan 28, 2025

Alberta advantage disappears as UCP wage suppression policies lead to slowest wage growth in Canada EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) and Canada’s leading progressive economist, Dr. Jim […]

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PRESS RELEASE: “Blame the UCP!”
Jan 14, 2025

AFL says it’s time to put the blame for education strikes where it belongs: on the UCP EDMONTON – Frustrated or annoyed by school board strikes in Edmonton, Fort McMurray, […]

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STATEMENT: AFL president praises Edmonton school workers for standing up for better wages and school funding
Jan 9, 2025

“We should be applauding, not vilifying, workers for using their collective power” Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan made the following statement in response to news that members of […]

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PRESS RELEASE: AFL president warns Sobeys/Safeway CEO to back away from plan to claw back wages from employees during cost-of-living crisis
Dec 19, 2024

“This is Hollywood villain stuff … don’t be that guy,” says McGowan EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker organization, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), has sent a […]

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