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Head of Alberta Federation of Labour says foreign workers exploited
Jun 17, 2010

There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada […]

Temporary foreign worker numbers soar
Jun 16, 2010

There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly-released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada show […]

Track injuries better, deal with problem employers: Alberta opposition: Province comes under fire following mistakes in auditor general’s report
Jun 16, 2010

Opposition parties are calling on the Alberta government to do a better job of tracking and dealing with employers that fail to meet health and safety standards. Merwan Saher, the […]

Gov’t gains critical support for CPP hike: Alberta among minority of provinces opposed to higher premiums
Jun 16, 2010

Federal and provincial finance ministers have rallied around a mandatory, modest and gradual expansion of the Canada Pension Plan as the best route for fattening Canadians’ retirement incomes. Finance Minister […]

Alberta labour group questions CPP plans
Jun 15, 2010

One Alberta labour group says it doesn’t believe the provincial finance minister when it comes to CPP. In a letter published in a Charlottetown newspaper Sunday, Gil McGowan with the […]

Albertans want pension reform’: labour leader
Jun 14, 2010

Albertans want pension reform, despite what the province’s finance minister might say, according to the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. On Sunday, Gil McGowan wrote a letter that […]