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Workplace safety regulations tightened
Jun 2, 2011

Stricter workplace safety regulations could see Alberta employers who experience on-site fatalities or serious injuries lose their government accreditation. Minister of Employment and Immigration Thomas Lukaszuk announced Thursday the implementation […]

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Alberta to increase minimum wage to $9.40 on Sept. 1, booze servers to get less
Jun 2, 2011

EDMONTON – Alberta is raising its minimum wage, but too late for students working summer jobs who will be returning to school this fall. The general minimum wage will rise […]

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Minimum-wage raise welcomed, but program seriously flawed, says AFL: Further delay in implementing raises is ‘mean spirited,’ says Gil McGowan
Jun 1, 2011

Today’s announcement that minimum-wage levels in the province are going up has been welcomed by the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), but the labour organization has serious concerns over details […]

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Wis. State Rep. Up for Recall Fears Workers
Jun 1, 2011

This just out. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Dan Kapanke, who’s facing a recall election after voting to kill collective bargaining rights for public employees, […]

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Kapanke hopes public employees “are sleeping” during recall vote
Jun 1, 2011

State Sen. Dan Kapanke, a Republican facing a possible recall election, says he’s got one huge obstacle that he must overcome to keep his seat. All the government workers in […]

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Alberta labour, social agencies unite to fight provincial budget cuts: Higher taxes, energy royalties would stablize funding for education, social services, health care, group says
May 27, 2011

EDMONTON — Raising taxes will reduce provincial budget cuts and save more than 1,000 teachers from losing their jobs in Alberta, say unions, community groups and social-services agencies, which have […]

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