A new report suggests Canada’s employment insurance program is failing jobless Albertans the most. The Alberta Federation of Labour in partnership with the Calgary and Edmonton labour councils, say Alberta’s […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour has released an analysis that supports its push to shorten waiting times for federal Employment Insurance benefits in Alberta. The labour group says […]

New Analysis of EI Reveals Serious Shortcomings The Alberta Federation of Labour, in partnership with the Calgary and Edmonton Labour Councils, has released a new analysis (EI: It Should Be […]

The decision by China’s government-controlled PetroChina to spend $1.9 billion on two undeveloped oilsands projects owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. is being lauded as a vote of confidence in […]

EI: It should be there when you need it! (An Analysis of Employment Insurance in Alberta) As the current recession continues, Canadians across the country are discovering that their insurance […]

So-called “green jobs” are growing at more than twice the rate of traditional jobs in Canada–9.1 per cent over the last decade compared with the average of 3.7 per cent–but […]