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WCB bonuses for getting injured workers back on the job criticize
Jul 25, 2010

CALGARY – Alberta is the only province where Workers Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work – and must discontinue these […]

Alberta is the only Canadian province that uses “immoral” incentives to deny WCB benefits to injured workers
Jul 24, 2010

Alberta WCB puts higher priority on keeping employer premiums low instead of providing service to injured workers, says AFL New research from the Alberta Federation of Labour shows that Alberta’s […]

Foreign worker program reassessed: Airlines benefit most, minister jokes
Jul 22, 2010

EDMONTON – Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is no longer working for Alberta, the province’s employment and immigration minister said Tuesday. “In my opinion, it was a program that had […]

Stelmach policies export jobs along with bitumen out of province: Premier not acting in best interests of Albertans
Jul 16, 2010

While other politicians have been using the first few weeks of summer to hit the barbecue circuit, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has been engaged in a much more solitary pursuit: […]

Refine it where we mine it
Jul 15, 2010

“Refine it Where We Mine it”, a public campaign advocating for more Alberta upgraders, is pushing the province to process more Alberta oil here at home. The partnership of municipalities […]

July 2010: McKesson Canada strike; Jobs crisis continues; Minimum wage; IAMAW rally in Calgary
Jul 13, 2010

McKesson Canada workers hit the picket lines in Edmonton 213 members of UFCW 401 at McKesson Canada in Edmonton are on strike, with the issues including wage parity with employees […]