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Labour group projects thousands of job losses to follow release of spring budget
Jan 25, 2010

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is predicting up to 60,000 job losses when the Tory government unveils the spring budget next month. AFL’s president Gil McGowan told media Monday […]

AFL predicts job cuts in Alta., but government says that’s just fear mongering
Jan 25, 2010

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Tory government and a major labour group are sparring over potential job losses that will result when a tight-fisted provincial budget is tabled next month. The Alberta […]

Federation of Labour sounding job loss alarm
Jan 25, 2010

The Alberta Federation of Labour says their people crunched the government’s spending cut numbers and found nothing but a job crisis ahead. Gil McGowan, with the AFL, says their new […]

Budget may cut 60,000 jobs: Provincial plan could be worse than recession, says labour federation
Jan 25, 2010

As many as 60,000 jobs could be lost because of provincial government budget cuts, warns the Alberta Federation of Labour in a report released Monday. The document titled Worse Than […]

AFL job-loss prediction ‘vastly exaggerated’: Morton
Jan 25, 2010

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour estimates as many as 60,000 jobs could be lost if the government cuts billions from the provincial budget next month. The number of […]

January 2010: Join Together Alberta; Old Dutch lockout ends; Next Up Alberta
Jan 25, 2010

Join Together Alberta – a coalition campaign to save Alberta’s public services. The Join Together Alberta campaign was conceived and launched jointly by a number of Alberta unions and union […]