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Alberta Workplace safety laws need boost, AFL warns: Economic boom could see more injuries and deaths
Nov 6, 2010

EDMONTON – Economic recovery will bring an increase in workplace injuries and fatalities unless the province improves workplace safety law, the Alberta Federation of Labour said Friday. On the same […]

New union campaign says Alberta can – and must – do better on workplace safety: AFL unveils 10-point plan to stop return to boom-style carnage
Nov 5, 2010

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour today releases a 10-point plan for immediate action (click here for full text of plan) to improve workplace safety in the province. “The […]

Keeping Albertans Safe – We Can Do Better!
Nov 5, 2010

Keeping Albertans Safe – We Can Do Better! Alberta does NOT have to be the Most Dangerous Place in Canada to be a worker: A 10-Point Plan for Safe Workplaces […]

Three Alberta workers fatally injured over three-day period
Oct 26, 2010

An Alberta employee has died after suffering serious head injuries at an oilfield site, the third workplace fatality in the province in as many days. At about 9 am on […]

3 Alberta workplace deaths upset union leader
Oct 25, 2010

Three workplace fatalities occurred in Alberta last week and that has drawn the ire of at least one union leader. These incidents, which included a man falling off a ladder […]

Leave health act alone, says lobby group
Oct 22, 2010

Health care advocates have called on the province to shelve plans to overhaul Alberta’s existing health care legislation and introduce a new health act later this fall. On Tuesday, the […]