Support striking workers at Canada Malting
Sep 3, 2010
Members of UFCW 1118 who work at Canada Malting in Calgary began strike action on August 24, after voting by 80% to reject the company’s final offer. A total of […]
McKesson Canada strike is over!
Sep 1, 2010
After 66 days on the picket line, members of UFCW 401 at McKesson Canada are going back to work. On Sept. 1, they voted 83 per cent in favour of […]
Workplace safety website falls short of pledge; Full safety records to remain clouded in secrecy
Aug 31, 2010
EDMONTON – While the government has taken nearly a decade to finalize its website with workplace injury and fatality records, workers will have to wait even longer to get the […]
Alberta workplace safety records soon to go online
Aug 31, 2010
Alberta workplace safety records will be made public as early as September, vows the province’s employment minister. Thomas Lukaszuk said the public database will contain the records of most employers […]
Province sees low long-term natural gas prices
Aug 27, 2010
Alberta could be facing an extended period of low natural gas prices that will have an adverse effect on the province’s finances for the foreseeable future, Finance Minister Ted Morton […]
Reforming broken revenue system vital to Alberta’s fiscal future
Aug 26, 2010
Edmonton – The economic evidence is in and it shows overwhelmingly that Alberta’s economy is still on shaky ground. “Unstable commodity prices, a continuing jobs crisis, falling retail sales, increasing […]