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2014 Backgrounder: Sunshine List for TFW Program
Feb 12, 2014

2014 Backgrounder: Sunshine List for TFW Program

Workers displaced by TFWs are not getting their jobs back, despite claims from company
Feb 10, 2014

Pracer-Promec seems unrepentant, saying they’ll continue to use TFWs Edmonton – The 65 workers who were replaced by Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) last week have still lost their jobs, despite […]

CORRECTION NOTICE
Feb 7, 2014

Edmonton – In a press release on Feb. 6, 2014, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) made a mistake in how it identified the employer that had fired 65 Canadian […]

Company promises to hire Canadians after being caught using TFWs to replace domestic iron workers
Feb 7, 2014

TFWs will be moved to another project, but it remains unclear if fired Canadians will get their jobs back Edmonton – The company involved in a TFW scandal on Imperial […]

Yet another group of Canadian Tradesworkers displaced by low-cost TFWs on Oil Sands construction site
Feb 6, 2014

Employers are becoming emboldened as Harper Government continues to turn a blind eye to abuse of TFW program Edmonton – The time has come for Canadian construction workers to express […]

The two faces of Premier Redford
Feb 5, 2014

Generosity for an overpaid inner circle while freezing workers’ wages Edmonton – Premier Alison Redford offered a fierce — and disingenuous — defense of high salaries for her inner circle […]