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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 […]

PRESS RELEASE: AFL responds to federal back-to-work order for CUPW strikers: Liberals have “made a mockery of the collective bargaining process,” says AFL
Dec 16, 2024

Trudeau could have been a hero with workers, ends up being a zero, says McGowan EDMONTON – “Yesterday, unions representing 350,000 Alberta workers sent a letter to Team Trudeau urging […]

PRESS RELEASE: Smith government backs down on controversial TFW recruitment trip
Dec 9, 2024

“This episode highlights the important role unions play in acting as watchdogs to defend the interests of workers,” says AFL EDMONTON – A week after the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

PRESS RELEASE: AFL demands answers from Premier over UCP overseas Temporary Foreign Worker recruitment trip
Dec 4, 2024

Why is the UCP recruiting TFWs when Alberta’s unemployment rate is high, asks McGowan EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan is demanding answers from Premier Danielle […]

PRESS RELEASE: Unions demand seats on the AIMCo board and a return to “Optionality”
Nov 20, 2024

Message to UCP: “This is not your government’s money.” EDMONTON – The leaders of nine of Alberta’s largest unions, representing hundreds of thousands of Albertans workers, have sent Premier Danielle […]

STATEMENT: AFL supports striking postal workers
Nov 15, 2024

EDMONTON – After a year at the bargaining table with no movement, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is striking. Their demands are beyond reasonable: fair wages, safe working conditions, […]