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Dispatch from Wisconsin: “Wisconsin is the canary in the coal mine”
Mar 9, 2011

NUPGE representatives are in Madison providing support and solidarity to Wisconsin public service workers. This is the first in a series of dispatches from Wisconsin, where the governor’s union-busting is […]

Alberta government must do more to improve lives of women, says AFL: Province urged to appoint minister responsible for status of women
Mar 8, 2011

One hundred years after the creation of International Women’s Day, Alberta’s largest labour organization is calling on the provincial government to take immediate action to give women an official voice […]

Additional health and safety inspectors ‘good news’
Mar 7, 2011

Friday’s announcement of additional Occupational Health and Safety inspectors is one more step to ensuring Fort McMurray residents make it home safely from work at the end of the day. […]

Union blues
Mar 7, 2011

“Fifteen million Americans bring you Edward P. Morgan and the news.” From 1955 to 1967, that line, heard on the ABC radio network every weeknight at 7 P.M., heralded the […]

AFL cautiously optimistic about new OHS inspectors
Mar 5, 2011

The Stelmach government’s announcement of 30 new Occupational Health and Safety workplace inspectors is welcome, but Alberta still remains a dangerous place to work. That’s the message from president of […]

Province announces 30 new workplace safety inspectors
Mar 5, 2011

The province is bolstering the ranks of workplace safety inspectors, adding 30 new inspectors over the next three years. Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk made the announcement Friday at […]