Alberta’s minimum wage will jump to $8.40 per hour from $8 per hour on April 1, making it the highest minimum wage in Canada after taxes, but the Alberta Federation […]

The City of Calgary is joining in the rush in Alberta for temporary foreign workers and will be searching overseas for city planners, heavy-duty mechanics and up to 200 bus […]

The increasing ethnic and racial diversity of the province requires extra vigilance by Albertans against racism and intolerance, says the Alberta Federation of Labour today. “Thousands of new immigrants and […]

CALGARY — Alberta’s higher minimum wage set to kick in April 1 is progress but condemns the lowest earners to continued poverty, a union leader said yesterday. Premier Ed Stelmach […]

Edmonton–Although the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) wholeheartedly approves of the Alberta government’s announcement of an automatic increase to the minimum wage in the province, the province’s senior labour central […]

To Canadian employers and the federal government, Rajinder Kumar represents a solution to a labour shortage. To union leaders and immigrant advocates, the tandoori chef from New Delhi, brought to […]