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Report on Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta (Dec 2010)
Dec 17, 2010

Report on Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta (December 2010) The AFL Round Table on Temporary Foreign Workers – On November 18, 2010, the AFL gathered over 50 participants for a […]

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Bring hammer down harder on work safety
Dec 17, 2010

“It was not supposed to happen.” Those are the words of Mariana Krsek, whose three-year-old daughter Michelle died 16 months ago, crushed by sheets of metal blown off the roof […]

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Harper/Flaherty Pension Scheme a Holiday Gift to the Banks; a Lump of Coal for Canadians:Taking CPP expansion off the table would be a betrayal of what Canadians need and want
Dec 16, 2010

Edmonton – Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has betrayed generations of Canadians by suggesting that expansion of the Canada Pension Plan should be taken off the table at the meeting […]

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Report on Temporary Foreign Workers finds Alberta’s problems remain unsolved: AFL consultations find continued inaction on unscrupulous recruiters and employers
Dec 16, 2010

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour released a report on the results of a consultation workshop on Temporary Foreign Workers today. For full report…. The report details the proceedings […]

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Lukaszuk disgusted with Alberta construction safety inspection results: ‘The hammer is going to be coming down in Alberta’
Dec 16, 2010

EDMONTON – Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk warned the provincial construction industry Tuesday that poor results during recent safety inspections may prompt a system of on-the spot fines […]

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Agriculture worksites bigger violators than construction sites: union
Dec 16, 2010

If Alberta’s workplace minister is appalled with the level of danger in construction sites, he should see what’s happening within provincial farms, says a union boss. “If government inspectors had […]

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