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Temporary foreign workers: a growing reality. But is it the right one?
Jul 4, 2011

How immigration policy is increasingly being used by governments and businesses to address labour market needs, and the debates these policies have given rise to. In this 4-part series, The […]

Join Together Alta meeting Thursday night
Jun 23, 2011

Expect cutbacks to the education system to be front-and-centre when a group calling for more money for education, health care, and other government services holds a public meeting in Edmonton […]

Unions unite on march down Jasper Avenue
Jun 22, 2011

“Who decides? We’ll decide! Whose work? Our work!” was the cry heard across the downtown core yesterday. Hundreds of Canada Post workers united with other labour unions to voice their […]

Unions vow to fight Harper’s anti-worker agenda: Labour leaders from across Alberta condemn ‘one-sided’ back-to-work legislation
Jun 21, 2011

Alberta’s labour leaders sent a strong message to the Harper government today, condemning the anti-worker agenda shown by back-to-work legislation in the Canada Post and Air Canada disputes. “Rather than […]

Edmonton postal workers rally against proposed back-to-work legislation: Other unions join voices to send message to federal government
Jun 21, 2011

EDMONTON – Solidarity was the message postal workers and labour unions took to the streets of Edmonton Tuesday after a rally at Canada Post’s downtown plant. “You are not alone. […]

Postal strike ‘not over yet’
Jun 21, 2011

Marching through Edmonton’s core, hundreds of angry postal workers and union leaders shouted their message loud and clear. “We’re working united, we’ll never be defeated!” workers shouted on Tuesday outside […]