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 […]

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.” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]