Union leaders questioning the entry of foreign workers into Canada are potentially inciting public opinion against newcomers, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said yesterday. The statements angered Alberta Federation of Labour […]

When it comes to employment, new figures from Statistics Canada show that Alberta has fallen further and faster over the past six months than any other province. Between October 2008 […]

EDMONTON – Next week’s provincial budget needs to emphasize getting unemployed workers back to work and keeping those who have jobs at work, say the leaders of some of Alberta’s […]

Alberta’s temporary foreign worker program has no oversight and is mired in so much bureaucracy that employers are allowed to treat hopeful immigrants like indentured labour. That’s what a federal […]

Entrenching Exploitation: The Second Report of the Alberta Federation of Labour Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate In November 2007, the AFL Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate released “Alberta’s Disposable Workforce” which examined […]

The minimum wage in Alberta is going up on April 1 from $8 per hour to $8.40. The Alberta government has put in place a system where the minimum wage […]