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More can be done to prevent workplace fatalities: Alberta Federation of Labour
Oct 18, 2010

The province isn’t doing enough to prevent deaths at the workplace. Those comments come from the Alberta Federation of Labour after three people died on the job in the past […]

Worker’s body stuck in Alberta: Confusion over who should pay to get body of foreign worker home
Oct 18, 2010

The death of a temporary foreign worker in Alberta is raising questions about who should pay to ship his body home. Aruna Shantha Peiris, 37, died of a heart attack […]

October 2010: Pension reform; Lakoff lecture/workshop; health-care proposals; workplace injury and fatality records website
Oct 16, 2010

New poll shows massive support for pension reform More than three quarters of Canadians support increasing Canada Pension Plan benefits, according to a new national survey released today by Canadian […]

Friends of Medicare campaign launched in Alberta
Oct 14, 2010

Legal opinion commissioned by Alberta Federation of Labour says proposed changes are “not consistent with a democratic society.” Edmonton (14 Oct. 2010) – Friends of Medicare (FoM) has launched a […]

Apprentices willing to leave home, but can’t find work
Oct 13, 2010

Ben Stacey of Grand Bank is a journeyman pipefitter and pipe insulator, who travels back and forth between Newfoundland and Alberta for work. He’s been doing this since 2007, working […]

Critics fear ‘radical reform’ of health-care system
Oct 13, 2010

Two advocacy groups say the proposed Alberta Health Act will be a piece of “shell legislation” that will give politicians the power to privatize health care without any public debate. […]