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STATEMENT: AFL PRESIDENT GIL MCGOWAN RESPONDS TO RELEASE OF UCP REPORT ON WORKERS’ PENSIONS
Sep 21, 2023

EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) President Gil McGowan made the following statements in response to the release of the UCP Government’s report on the proposed Alberta Pension Plan […]

NEWS: AFL’s Gil McGowan speaks to House of Commons Committee on Sustainable Jobs
Sep 20, 2023

Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan addresses Members of Parliament sitting on the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Commons on sustainable jobs for Alberta. Read about the […]

PRESS RELEASE: AFL Stands with Education Workers on #paintABpurple Day
Sep 20, 2023

Education support staff have been suffering through an eight-year pay freeze EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) voiced its backing for education support workers today on #paintABpurple day. […]

STATEMENT: Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan on Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ events
Sep 20, 2023

EDMONTON – Today’s anti-2SLGBTQIA+ events are a political tactic. The shadowy, far-right operatives who are behind these events want free publicity for their toxic and hateful fringe ideas – ideas […]

MCGOWAN COLUMN: “The last thing Alberta workers need this Labour Day is more denial from politicians”
Sep 3, 2023

Alberta workers have a plan for the global energy transition; Smith offers only fear and spin. AFL president Gil McGowan has written a special column for Labour Day on The […]

STATEMENT: “Stop playing politics with our jobs and with our collective future.”
Aug 9, 2023

AFL president calls on UCP to rescind renewables moratorium EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan issued the following statement on the UCP’s moratorium on renewables development: “The […]