Colombia: End harassment of trade unionists
Mar 20, 2012
A labour law case in Colombia dating from 2004 is still causing suffering to trade unionists, and a court ruling has still not been applied. In 2004, the Municipal Enterprises […]
Lack of whistleblower law criticized
Mar 19, 2012
The Progressive Conservative government’s failure to move quickly on whistleblower legislation is a missed opportunity to improve accountability in a government plagued with accusations of heavy handedness, critics say. Premier […]
Editorial: Tax sleight of hand
Mar 19, 2012
City council displayed a brilliant act of mathemagic Monday by shuffling the no-win hand dealt by the province to keep the property tax increase at six per cent. It’s still […]
Parties gear up with full slate of candidates
Mar 19, 2012
The New Democratic Party has a candidate running in all 87 provincial ridings, beating even the ruling Tory government to full slate status. In Edmonton-Goldbar candidate Marlin Schmidt has been […]
The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Labour and Social Planning ordered a Mexican Consulate in Canada to conduct an anti-union campaign
Mar 19, 2012
Three former employees of the Mexican Consulate in Vancouver revealed before the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (in Canada) that they had received specific orders from Mexican public service employees […]
Health inquiry won’t include intimidation allegations
Mar 18, 2012
Minister reaches out to medical association EDMONTON – Health Minister Fred Horne stood his ground on the nature of the province’s public health-care inquiry Saturday, indicating recent calls from representatives […]