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BLOG: We’ll be short thousands of nurses in the next few years. Alberta needs to step up.
Feb 16, 2023

The Alberta government forecasts that we’ll be short nearly 9,300 registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, nursing supervisors, and licensed practical nurses by the year 2030. That’s according to the government’s […]

PRESS RELEASE: Does the UCP have a secret plan to cut the minimum wage in rural Alberta?
Feb 14, 2023

There are good reasons to believe that’s exactly what they’re considering, says labour leader EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), […]

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 […]