Old Dutch Chips Locks Out 170 Workers
May 5, 2009
Issue: Old Dutch Chips Locks Out 170 Workers Action: Don’t Purchase Old Dutch Chips When: Until the Workers Get a Fair Deal Background: On March 30th, Old Dutch Foods locked […]
Public Health Care Rally
May 5, 2009
When: May 9, 2009 @ 1:30pm Where: Alberta Legislature, Edmonton Join David Eggen and his special guests for this important event! This is shaping up to be a big event, […]
Environmental groups and AFL release groundbreaking Green Jobs report
May 2, 2009
Edmonton – Alberta can create more than 200,000 long-term green jobs and build a strong economic future, according to a groundbreaking report on green jobs released by two prominent environmental […]
Temporary Workers, Continuing Problems: Longtime labour lawyer Yessy Byl decries foreign worker policy as outright racism
May 1, 2009
When Yessy Byl arrived in Canada from the Netherlands, she was just a toddler. Her father found work as a bush pilot, bringing his family with him around the country […]
Foreign workers plead for better conditions, citizenship: Alberta Federation of Labour claims people exploited, denied rights, then discarded
Apr 29, 2009
When Manuel came to Canada two years ago as a temporary foreign worker, the 35-year-old figured his family had landed a ticket out of El Salvador. “When I came here, […]
Workers gather to remember fallen comrades in Alberta and B.C.
Apr 29, 2009
The construction industry accounted for the highest number of work related deaths in B.C. and Alberta last year. The fact was brought to light as workers across the nation commemorated […]