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PRESS RELEASE: UCP moves to strip health care workers of their freedom to protest
Nov 6, 2024

New law is clearly designed to stop Albertans from exercising their democratic right to picket and protest, says AFL EDMONTON – The UCP government plans to strip rights from Alberta health […]

PRESS RELEASE: The state of the province under Smith’s UCP is pretty grim
Oct 30, 2024

“Don’t believe the hype in Smith’s State of the Province address,” says McGowan EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith’s “State of the Province” address to the business lobby in Alberta’s capital, […]

PRESS RELEASE: New report shows Albertans have overpaid $24 billion for electricity since 2001, when the province deregulated power generation
Oct 29, 2024

Re-regulating power generation is an obvious way to help address the affordability crisis for working Albertans, says AFL “Affordability is a worker issue – and one of the most obvious […]

BLOG: Education Workers Ready to Strike for Better Wages
Oct 23, 2024

Educational assistants and support staff across Alberta are ready to strike In September, more than a thousand educational assistants, librarians, custodians, maintenance and administrative staff in Fort McMurray schools voted […]

Press Release: Interest rate cuts are welcome, but working Albertans need action from the provincial government, too
Oct 23, 2024

More must be done to address cost-of-living crisis, says AFL president EDMONTON – Today’s announcement by the Bank of Canada lowering interest rates by half a point is a good […]

PRESS RELEASE: Six years of minimum wage freeze leaves lowest-paid Albertans crushed by rising cost of living
Oct 1, 2024

“All working Albertans should earn enough to put food on their tables and keep a roof over their heads,” says McGowan EDMONTON – As of today, Alberta’s minimum wage has […]