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PRESS RELEASE: Union leaders urge feds to seize “the opportunity of the century” to create jobs in Alberta
Feb 6, 2023

Joint letter says federal budget should be Canada’s definitive response to massive American investment bill EDMONTON – In a strongly worded letter sent today, a group of Alberta union leaders […]

BLOG: Privatized surgical facilities are bad medicine
Feb 3, 2023

The UCP government’s making a big deal about contracting out publicly insured surgeries to chartered surgical facilities. The basic idea is that the province outsources publicly insured surgeries to private […]

PRESS RELEASE: Interest rate hike is another gut punch to Alberta workers
Jan 25, 2023

AFL President responds to Bank of Canada announcement this morning EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) today expresses alarm as the Bank of Canada raised interest rates for the […]

BLOG: UCP cut public health spending on a per-person basis in 2022
Dec 19, 2022

Despite a 2019 election promise to “maintain or increase health spending”, the UCP government actually cut public health-care spending on a per-person basis, according to recently information released by the […]

PRESS RELEASE: UCP cut per-person health care funding in 2022
Dec 19, 2022

Alberta plummets to second-worst province in Canada for health funding EDMONTON – The UCP government cut health care spending on a per-person basis in 2022, despite a 2019 election promise […]

UCP considered cutting minimum wage for “economic recovery” – AFL
Dec 2, 2022

Wages of workers who earn tips were on chopping block during pandemic EDMONTON – The Alberta conservative government floated the idea of cutting the minimum wage in the middle of […]