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Ministers Dreeshen and Copping should be fired and a public inquiry called into the UCP’s response to COVID-19 in meatpacking plants, says AFL – AFL
Mar 30, 2021

Documents obtained by the AFL show that UCP dangerously bungled COVID-19 response at Cargill EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour is calling for the UCP’s Agriculture and Labour Ministers […]

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Gil McGowan, Opening Remarks on Bill 208 Hearing – March 08, 2021 – AFL
Mar 12, 2021

I’ve been asked here today because I’m the president of the Federation of Labour; chair of the Labour Coalition on Pensions; and chair of the sponsor board of Alberta’s largest […]

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AFL calls for public inquiry into unlawful police activity against MLA Phillips and demands officers be fired – AFL
Mar 9, 2021

Joint statement from the leaders of Alberta’s largest labour organizations Edmonton – The unions of the Alberta Federation of Labour stand together to support Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips to condemn […]

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Alberta women are still fighting for gender equality this IWD – paid sick days are an important step forward
Mar 8, 2021

From wages at work to the amount of unpaid care work they do in their formal jobs and at home, COVID-19 has only made the struggles for women in Alberta […]

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AFL echoes call for public inquiry into UCP’s handling of COVID-19 at meat packing plants – AFL
Mar 4, 2021

The UCP has been derelict in their duty to keep workers and the public safe, says McGowan Edmonton – Alberta’s largest worker advocacy organization, the Alberta Federation of Labour, is […]

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2021 budget will undermine Alberta’s economic recovery – AFL
Feb 26, 2021

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will last longer without budget support EDMONTON – Alberta’s 2021 budget does not provide Alberta the tools it needs to recover from the effects of […]

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