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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.” […]