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Short-term labour fix, or is it exploitation?
May 12, 2012

Barely two months after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge certified a $10-million class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 70 temporary foreign workers alleging flagrant violations of pay and […]

On 20th anniversary of Westray disaster, Alberta unions call on Redford government to consider criminal prosecutions of employers responsible for worker deaths or injuries
May 9, 2012

Alberta has never used provisions of “Westray Act” even though it could act as an effective deterrent to corporate negligence The president of Alberta’s largest union organization today called on […]

This week in history
May 9, 2012

30 years ago: Fort McMurray will receive $2,199,000 in provincial funding under the Arterial Roadway, Public Transit and Transportation Systems Management programs. Under the 5-year Trust Agreement public transit project […]

Alberta praises new foreign-worker rules
May 7, 2012

Canadian companies that want to bring in highly skilled foreign workers temporarily will be able to do so faster and pay them less under new federal immigration rules aimed at […]

Songs will commemorate history of Alberta’s labour movement
May 6, 2012

The history of Alberta’s labour movement will be commemorated in song on Saturday at the Red Deer Public Library. Singer/songwriter Maria Dunn will be joined by Shannon Johnson on violin […]

Does temporary foreign workers program create second class of labourers?
May 6, 2012

Five years of dealing with temporary foreign workers affected Yessy Byl in a way she did not expect. There were the stories, from the more than 1,000 people she spoke […]