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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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A summit when police were praised
Jul 6, 2010

Would you believe that after the G8 meeting held near Calgary in 2002 the Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow complimented the city police on their approach to political activists who […]

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2010 Jun Speaking Notes – Presentation to Minister’s Advisory Committee on Health Care (MACH)
Jun 29, 2010

Good morning. My name is Gil McGowan and I am the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour. As most of you know, the AFL is Alberta’s largest organization of […]

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Reforming Canada’s Pension Plan
Jun 29, 2010

Only thirty-three percent of Albertans are covered by a workplace pension plan, a rate below the national average. And with the number of retirees set to spike as the baby […]

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Let’s face it – Alberta has a problem, a revenue problem: It’s time for a grown-up conversation about how to fix the province’s broken revenue system
Jun 29, 2010

The Alberta government’s revenue model is broken and the time has come to talk about how to fix it, says Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan. Yes, that […]

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