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Edmonton Safeway warehouse workers spend Labour Day on strike
Sep 8, 2009

EDMONTON – While the first day of picketing shut down work inside a major Canada Safeway distribution centre and ice-cream plant in west Edmonton, the effects of the strike and […]

Labour Day pension blues
Sep 8, 2009

In some ways, it’s appropriate that the Labour Day holiday marks the last long weekend of summer. Let’s face it, while some of us are lucky enough to have jobs […]

Gov’ts doing bad job helping people: unions
Sep 8, 2009

CALGARY — Union leaders marking Labour Day with a downtown barbecue lamented the recession’s toll on Alberta’s workforce. And they accused the federal government of shortchanging the province’s residents by […]

Union group says Albertans short-changed on EI
Sep 8, 2009

On this Labour Day, one of Alberta’s largest union groups is adding its voice to calls to shorten wait times for employment insurance benefits in the province. The Alberta Federation […]

Report suggests Canada’s employment insurance system is failing
Sep 7, 2009

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 […]

Alberta labour federation says the province gets a raw deal on E-I benefits
Sep 7, 2009

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 […]