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Alberta’s jobs crisis continues: National unemployment drops; Alberta’s increases as we shed full-time jobs
Jul 9, 2010

Edmonton – Alberta is experiencing an ongoing jobs crisis, as our province shed full-time jobs while Canada, overall, saw increases in full-time employment. In June, Alberta’s unemployment rate edged up […]

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Job crisis continues in Alberta
Jul 9, 2010

News of a jump in the jobless rate has the Alberta Federation of Labour calling for a provincial stimulus plan, after numbers released indicate our jobless rate went up slightly […]

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Alberta still feeling recession’s impacts ‘unnecessarily’
Jul 9, 2010

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is expressing frustration over the province’s “ongoing jobs crisis” while the rest of Canada experiences increases in full-time employment. Alberta’s unemployment rate in June […]

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Don’t blame unions for G20 chaos: I’m sure Duhaime would prefer that people who disagree with public policy stay home and shut up
Jul 7, 2010

It’s hard to know where to begin in pointing out the flaws – or outright misleading propaganda – in Eric Duhaime’s July 7 column blaming unions for the G20 “mess.” […]

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McKesson Canada workers on the picket line in Edmonton: 213 workers of UFCW 401 are now on strike!
Jul 7, 2010

Issue: McKesson Canada workers on the picket line in Edmonton; 213 members of UFCW 401 are now on strike Action Requested: Join the workers on two picket lines. When: Today […]

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Rally in Calgary, July 13, 2010 – First Collective Agreement for Park Operations Workers at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede: Volunteers needed immediately to help with leafletting!
Jul 7, 2010

Issue: First Collective Agreement for Park Operations Workers at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Actions Requested: Volunteers needed immediately to help with leafletting; also get your members to attend rally […]

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