No need to be sucked in by Big Oil’s Big Jobs Scare
Oct 25, 2007
If anyone is “over the barrel” at the bargaining table, it’s Big Oil, not Albertans I agree and would add that the Premier should also start thinking like a negotiator. […]
It’s Big Oil ‘over the barrel’ in bargaining
Oct 25, 2007
As the clock ticks down towards Premier Ed Stelmach’s pivotal announcement on energy royalties, many groups and individuals have been urging the government to heed former premier Peter Lougheed’s advice […]
High Court Overturns Labour Board Decision
Oct 18, 2007
EDMONTON-In an important and strongly-worded decision released yesterday, the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned a controversial Labour Relations Board (LRB) decision which allowed Finning International in 2005 to rid itself […]
Stand Up to Big Oil Scare Tactics
Oct 18, 2007
Since the release of the Royalty Review Panel’s report and final report (click here): big oil companies have been making threats about the “economic disaster” that will ensue in Alberta […]
Federation organizes royalty rally in Ft. McMurray so workers in Alberta’s oil sands heartland can speak for themselves
Oct 16, 2007
AFL dismisses so-called “grassroots” event at Legislature as “a gathering for small business bosses who’ve bought into Big Oil’s scare tactics” EDMONTON-If you want to know what rank-and-file oil industry […]
Labour Economic Monitor (October 2007)
Oct 1, 2007
Labour Economic Monitor (October 2007) As the economic boom in Alberta reached its crest over the last two years, employers and the business media alerted the public to a new […]