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New figures show use of temporary foreign workers set to surge while unemployment among Canadians remains stubbornly high
Jul 28, 2011

Alberta becoming “Dubai of the North” as many employers use guest-worker program as first choice rather than last resort, warns labour leader Alberta employers are increasingly looking to temporary foreign […]

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Alberta called misery magnet for foreign labourers
Jul 28, 2011

Calling Alberta the “Dubai of the North” is insulting to the Arab city, says the provincial employment and immigration minister. Thomas Lukazsuk is reacting to a comment made by the […]

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AFL-CIO, Club for Growth help heat up recall elections
Jul 28, 2011

MILWAUKEE – Rallying the troops, Wisconsin’s AFL-CIO is pouring tons of resources into the state to oust six Republican senators in next month’s recall elections. “People are passionate about the […]

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Top union leaders call on Premiers to condemn Harper’s “shocking betrayal on pension reform”: Labour leaders will lobby Premiers at Vancouver meeting tonight, urge them to stand up…
Jul 21, 2011

VANCOUVER – The leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial Federations of Labour today called on the premiers to use their annual meeting, currently underway in Vancouver, as a platform to […]

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Alberta bitumen upgrades fall short
Jul 20, 2011

The Alberta Federation of Labour says the Premier needs to live up to a five-year-old promise to upgrade more of the province’s bitumen, right here in Alberta. Figures from the […]

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Alberta-based bitumen upgrading is plummeting, new figures show: ERCB projections demonstrate that Tories have turned their backs on promises to keep oil sands jobs in the province, says…
Jul 19, 2011

New figures released today by the Alberta Federation of Labour show that the percentage of oil-sands bitumen upgraded in the province will drop to 52 per cent by 2016 – […]

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