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Landmark child care deal is an amazing victory for working families and a testament to the power of civil society – AFL
Nov 15, 2021

“We should never stop celebrating this victory, nor forget how it was won: through the power of citizens working together in civil society.” The following is a statement from Gil […]

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“Premier Kenney, your authoritarianism is showing.” – AFL
Nov 5, 2021

Union leader condemns UCP’s Bill 81 as a “blatant effort to silence workers while magnifying the power of the rich” The following is a statement from Gil McGowan, president of […]

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The UCP cut workers from mental health support – AFL
Nov 5, 2021

Did you know? It should be presumed that nurses, doctors and other frontline workers could have PTSD from the trauma of working in hospitals during Alberta’s brutal COVID-19 fourth wave […]

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Unions urge Albertans to join them in demanding paid sick leave for all workers – AFL
Nov 3, 2021

Campaign also calls for proper mental health supports for health care workers traumatized by the UCP’s unnecessary fourth wave EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest worker advocacy […]

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New Leg sitting should be about fixing mistakes that led to hundreds of unnecessary COVID deaths, says AFL – AFL
Oct 24, 2021

McGowan offers Kenney advice about how to make it up to Albertans EDMONTON – The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour says Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP have […]

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Workers have power – now is the time to use it – AFL
Oct 21, 2021

This is an excerpt from the speech delivered on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 by Alberta Federation of Labour President, Gil McGowan, to hundreds of Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses […]

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