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Temporary Foreign Worker Program being used to drive down wages: Harper government interfering in labour market by taking sides with anti-union employers
Oct 20, 2011

Reports of 200 Albertans losing their jobs and being replaced by temporary foreign workers (TFWs) is clear evidence that the TFW program is driving down wages and working conditions, says […]

Union says Alberta lagging on safety
Oct 20, 2011

Alberta labour groups are calling on the province to do more to prevent a growing number of workplace fatalities. The call for action comes a day after an Edmonton worker […]

Alberta NDP cries foul over job losses, temporary workers in oilsands
Oct 19, 2011

EDMONTON _ Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason is demanding that Premier Alison Redford intervene with the federal government in a dispute over temporary foreign workers in the oilsands. Mason says […]

Federation of Labour calling for better safety regulations
Oct 19, 2011

A day after an accident at a worksite on the northwest edge of the city ended in the death of a steelworker, the Alberta Federation of Labour is calling safer […]

Labour groups blame province for high number of workplace deaths
Oct 19, 2011

Alberta labour groups are calling on the province to do more to prevent a growing number of workplace fatalities. The call for action comes a day after an Edmonton worker […]

Debate over trade unions rages in India
Oct 19, 2011

It has been 20 years since India adopted free-market policies and opened up its economy to the world. Liberalised India reduced public investment and expenditure and encouraged foreign investment and […]