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2014 Backgrounder: Alberta Pilot for Occupation-Specific Work Permits
Sep 4, 2014

2014 Backgrounder: Alberta Pilot for Occupation-Specific Work Permits News Release: Sep 4 TFW Pilot Project Oversight ‘fell between the cracks’

Labour Day Message: Working Albertans need unions (perhaps now more than ever)
Sep 1, 2014

Labour Day is a holiday to celebrate the accomplishments of working people and unions. The first part of that equation is a relatively easy sell. Even here in politically conservative […]

Lives Are At Stake If Government Doesn’t Fix Foreign Worker Fiasco
Sep 1, 2014

AFL calls on federal AG to investigate safety concerns surrounding fast-track program for TFWs in oil sands construction EDMONTON – Worker safety is being put at risk by lack of […]

2014 AFL Labour Day Message: Working Albertans need unions (perhaps now more than ever)
Sep 1, 2014

Labour Day is a holiday to celebrate the accomplishments of working people and unions. The first part of that equation is a relatively easy sell. Even here in politically conservative […]

Tenth annual Farm Workers Day marks track record of government indifference
Aug 20, 2014

Despite promises of reform, province’s agricultural workers are excluded from employment standards Calgary – As agricultural workers mark the province’s tenth annual Farm Workers Day, Alberta remains the only place […]

2014 Ltr to Kenney_AFL proposal_TFW phase down_2014Aug14
Aug 15, 2014

2014 Ltr to Kenney_AFL proposal_TFW phase down_2014Aug14