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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 […]

AFL president joins the chorus of Albertans condemning the Alberta Sovereignty Act – AFL
Dec 1, 2022

McGowan also encourages Albertans not to forget about the awful Throne Speech EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan released a video today criticizing yesterday’s Throne Speech and […]

New ads poke fun at Danielle Smith’s obsession with issues that don’t matter to ordinary Albertans – AFL
Nov 24, 2022

Inflation, health care and jobs are more important than endless fights with Ottawa EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour launched the next phase of its Workers Demand Better campaign […]