The provincial government is investing $850,000 to help temporary foreign workers adjust to life in Alberta while reviewing the federal program’s effectiveness, Alberta’s labour boss said Friday. Alberta’s Employment and […]

Labour Day, a day meant to celebrate the economic and social achievement of workers. Now there is word new rules may be added to protect them. On the spot fines […]

While the province moves to reform the temporary foreign worker program, the Alberta Federation of Labour says scrap it. The labour group says the program is failing foreign workers and […]

Labour Day has marked the contribution of the labour movement to Canadian society for almost as long as there has been a Canada. Thanks to pressure from unions and others, […]

When Statistics Canada figures are released later this week, they’re expected to show nearly 1.5 million people are out of work across the country. In Edmonton on Monday, the number […]

While Albertans enjoy this Labour Day weekend, recent news reports reveal there is still much to be done to protect vulnerable workers in the province. “The Alberta government has once […]