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Government Foreign Worker Office Long Overdue – But Still Misses The Point
Dec 10, 2007

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour reacted with guarded optimism to the Government’s new measures announced today to protect temporary foreign workers. The two special advisory offices for temporary […]

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Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate Releases 6-Month Report
Nov 29, 2007

Media Availability 2:30 p.m., Salon A, Chateau Lacombe Crowne Plaza (10111 Bellamy Hill) (Copies of the report are available this morning at www.afl.org) EDMONTON-The Alberta Federation of Labour today released […]

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Alberta Clipper Pipeline Will Create Only Two Permanent Jobs in Alberta – Versus the Thousands That Will Be Created in U.S. as They Refine Alberta Oil Sands
Nov 6, 2007

CALGARY-The proposed Alberta Clipper Pipeline is expected to create only two full-time permanent jobs in the province, admitted Enbridge Pipeline’s executive under cross examination in front of the National Energy […]

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Stop Building Bitumen Highways to the U.S.
Nov 5, 2007

CALGARY – Starting today and continuing tomorrow, lawyers representing the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will grill executives from Enbridge Pipelines on their plans to build yet another massive “bitumen […]

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Temporary Foreign Workers: Alberta’s disposable workforce
Nov 2, 2007

Temporary Foreign Workers: Alberta’s disposable workforce (The Six-Month Report of the AFL’s Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate) An analysis of the 123 files handled by the Advocate reveals a troubling picture […]

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Conference Board Gets it Wrong on Wages
Oct 30, 2007

The Alberta Federation of Labour responded today to a Conference Board of Canada study, released this morning, stating that wages across Canada are on the rise due to wage pressure […]

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