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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 […]

New Data Shows Workers Not Getting Ahead in the Boom
Sep 28, 2007

New research produced by the Alberta Federation of Labour and the Parkland Institute shows that wages in Alberta are lagging behind the rate of inflation. As well, inequality is on […]

Union leader challenges Monte
Sep 27, 2007

EDMONTON – Just because more and more employers are clamoring for access to easy-to-exploit temporary foreign workers doesn’t mean the government should ignore the broader public interest and give them […]

Implementation of full royalty report even more pressing in light of today’s NEB decision to approve
Sep 20, 2007

Without safeguards, Keystone pipeline will act as a spigot draining thousands of potential value-added jobs out of Alberta says McGowan If Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach was looking for another good […]