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Hundreds of days late, Kenney’s wage top-up program for frontline workers lands with resounding thud – AFL
Feb 18, 2021

Plan for Critical Worker Benefit “is yet another UCP dumpster fire” EDMONTON – After hundreds of days of indecision and foot-dragging on the wage-support program for frontline workers, the Kenney […]

Don’t believe the UCP’s MacKinnon report, Albertans pay less than most for public sector wages – AFL
Feb 18, 2021

Albertans are actually getting a good deal when it comes to the wages and salaries of our public-sector workers. This might come as a surprise to many Albertans after decades […]

Aggressive action by union and workers saves lives by shuttering COVID-ridden pork plant – AFL
Feb 16, 2021

But who will protect non-union workers as variants pick up steam across the province? Shocking AHS letter shows government didn’t act to protect workers at COVID-ridden pork plant. Instead of […]

Kenney government’s wage support for frontline workers is late, cynical and divisive – AFL
Feb 10, 2021

EDMONTON – Today’s wage-support announcement for Alberta’s frontline workers is far too late, cynical and political, and continues to divide Alberta workers. “The Kenney government didn’t want to provide financial […]

With new variants spreading in Alberta, AFL calls on Kenney to reverse plan to ease pandemic restrictions – AFL
Feb 9, 2021

McGowan also challenges other leaders to advocate for a “zero-COVID” strategy EDMONTON – In light of the alarming spread of new COVID variants in the province, the leader of Alberta’s […]

On Second Anniversary of CP Rail Worker Deaths – AFL Calls for long overdue changes to railway enforcement – AFL
Feb 4, 2021

Railway Police Forces should no longer be left to police their own employers in the event of a workplace death EDMONTON – Two years ago today, on February 4, 2019, […]