AFL not happy with new EI rules
May 24, 2012
The new Employment Insurance rules from the federal government have the Alberta Federation of Labour fuming. The AFL says the changes will push wages down, and force workers to take […]
Foreign workers ‘will hurt’ Alberta employees, labour leader says
May 22, 2012
CALGARY — Overreliance on temporary foreign workers to remedy Alberta’s labour shortages will hurt both domestic and imported workforces, local labour and immigration organizations said. The federal government introduced several […]
General Secretary of Colombian Sugar Cane Cutters’ union assassinated
May 22, 2012
Daniel Aguirre becomes the seventh Colombian trade unionist killed this year, and the 61st since Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos took office in August 2010. Colombia (07 May 2012) – […]
SAIT works to overcome workplace discrimination
May 18, 2012
Pipe trade students build sign to show collaboration between GBLT community and construction industry. Pipe trade students at SAIT built something that’s the first of its kind at the trade […]
New rules allowing employers to pay Temporary Foreign Workers less than Canadians will drive wages down and “pit workers against workers”
May 15, 2012
AFL joins national coalition of labour, religious and immigrant groups in condemning Harper government’s new approach to TFWs New rules allowing employers to fast track Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and […]
Flaherty’s “no bad jobs” comment proves Harper Conservatives are deep in the pockets of business
May 15, 2012
With proposed EI changes, more Canadians will be forced into the kind of bad jobs Flaherty says don’t exist, says AFL Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s shocking comment that there […]