End the Harvest of Death
Feb 4, 2009
On June 18, 2006, Kevan Chandler went to work, as usual, as a farmworker at the local feedmill. He never made it home again that day. While cleaning out a […]
Federal budget fails to end EI discrimination against Albertans: only 1 in 5 eligible for benefits
Jan 28, 2009
EDMONTON – Stephen Harper may represent an Alberta riding, but he certainly wasn’t thinking of the growing number of unemployed people in his home province when he and his cabinet […]
January 2009: New Labour Economic Monitor; EPCOR privatization; Project 2012 Poster 1
Jan 27, 2009
When the Economic Party is Over… Someone has to clean up the mess. The latest Labour Economic Monitor, the AFL’s digest of economic statistics and analysis, is out – and […]
Oil sands layoffs coming down pipeline; The impact of reduced captial spending budgets is beginning to make itself felt in service providers
Jan 24, 2009
CALGARY — The big retreat from plans to expand oil sands projects has begun to show up in job losses and declines in expected corporate revenue. Flint Energy Services Ltd. […]
December 2008: Support new coalition
Dec 8, 2008
Let’s Make Parliament Work – Support the New Coalition Stephen Harper has failed. He promised in the election to make the minority government work and to address the economic crisis. […]
Labour Economic Monitor (December 2008)
Dec 1, 2008
Labour Economic Monitor (December 2008) The May 2007 issue of Labour Economic Monitor compared a booming economy to a party, where some of the guests have a bit too much […]