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The UCP cut workers from mental health support – AFL
Nov 5, 2021

Did you know? It should be presumed that nurses, doctors and other frontline workers could have PTSD from the trauma of working in hospitals during Alberta’s brutal COVID-19 fourth wave […]

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Unions urge Albertans to join them in demanding paid sick leave for all workers – AFL
Nov 3, 2021

Campaign also calls for proper mental health supports for health care workers traumatized by the UCP’s unnecessary fourth wave EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest worker advocacy […]

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New Leg sitting should be about fixing mistakes that led to hundreds of unnecessary COVID deaths, says AFL – AFL
Oct 24, 2021

McGowan offers Kenney advice about how to make it up to Albertans EDMONTON – The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour says Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP have […]

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Workers have power – now is the time to use it – AFL
Oct 21, 2021

This is an excerpt from the speech delivered on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 by Alberta Federation of Labour President, Gil McGowan, to hundreds of Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses […]

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“Just get the damn shot!” – AFL
Oct 1, 2021

AFL sends message to anti-vaxxers: mandatory workplace COVID vaccination policies are legal EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest worker group, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), has released a legal opinion stating […]

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Alberta unions support doctors’ call for ‘firebreak’ closures to save collapsing health care system – AFL
Sep 29, 2021

The UCP has left us with no choice – but workers need financial support The Executive Council of the Alberta Federation of Labour, representing more than 20 Alberta unions in […]

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