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Western Premiers: Stop Wasting Energy Fighting
Oct 25, 2012

Conflict between B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford over the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to the West Coast is not in the long-range interests of either province […]

Five work-related deaths in five days has Alberta Federation of Labour speaking out
Oct 20, 2012

It’s been a sad week for workplace accidents in Alberta. Five workers have died in as many days, in unrelated accidents. The first accident happened Monday and involved a man […]

Five dead this week in workplace accidents around Alberta
Oct 19, 2012

EDMONTON – Five people are dead in as many days after a spate of workplace accidents around the province this week. Occupational Health and Safety spokesman Brookes Merritt said the […]

AFL renews call for public inquiry into contaminated meat
Oct 18, 2012

New ownership not enough to restore confidence in ‘Alberta’s brand’ Brooks, AB – The Alberta Federation of Labour and United Food and Commercial Workers are calling on Premier Alison Redford […]

New beef plant management won’t affect inspection: CFIA
Oct 18, 2012

Food inspectors say a management takeover at the plant at the centre of Canada’s largest beef recall will not impact their decision about if and when the facility can reopen. […]

Lilydale Foods workers still on strike at Turkey plant
Oct 15, 2012

The country’s beef industry is embattled in controversy and in Edmonton the turkey processing business is joining in the bad press. About 200 workers from the UFCW Local 1118 are […]