Unions and migrant workers’ advocacy groups warned Human Resources Minister Diane Finley of potential for abuse. Last year the government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)Temporary Foreign […]

The province is investigating claims by nine former employees of a Whyte Avenue tattoo and bodypiercing shop that they didn’t receive severance pay and T4 slips after they were laid […]

When Alberta’s oil sands started being commercially developed almost 50 years ago, the biggest challenge for companies was finding cost-effective production technologies. Producers such as Sun Oil Company (now Suncor […]

Canada’s temporary foreign workers vulnerable to exploitation OTTAWA—José Sicajau, a Guatemalan man of Indigenous descent, had grown accustomed to exploitative conditions after several years as a Temporary Foreign Worker growing […]

After news of RBC’s outsourcing of jobs caused a nationwide outcry, one small Alberta town said it depends on foreign workers to fill jobs that Canadians refuse. In Rocky Mountain […]

Re: “AFL says chains abusing program; Foreign staff fill low-wage positions,” April 10. Alberta Federation of Labour leader Gil McGowan makes some sweeping generalizations about Alberta employers and the temporary […]