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Alberta Labour Law Once Again Stomps on Workers Rights
Sep 7, 2007

The decision rendered this morning by the Alberta Labour Relations Board (LRB) declaring the strike notice filed by the Carpenters union invalid is the latest example of how Alberta’s labour […]

No need for workers to apologize for growing wage demands
Sep 4, 2007

This Labour Day, wage-earning Albertans should resolve to grab a bigger piece of our province’s economic pie, says union leader It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy […]

Unions threaten to take province to court
Sep 3, 2007

Unions are warning Alberta’s employment minister they will take the government to court if it doesn’t change labour-relations rules that contravene a recent Supreme Court ruling. The Alberta Federation of […]

Job satisfaction sinking
Sep 3, 2007

KEVIN NEWMAN: Well with so many of us returning to the habit of waking to an alarm clock again, a new survey of Canadian workers on this Labour Day showing […]

Co-operate or face court fight, trade unions tell province; Supreme Court ruling means laws now violate charter, labour federation says
Sep 3, 2007

EDMONTON – Unions are warning Alberta’s employment minister that they will take the government to court if it doesn’t change labour relations rules that contravene a recent Supreme Court ruling. […]

Labour group wants review
Sep 2, 2007

Days after Alberta’s labour market was declared tops in North America, 125,000 of its unionized workers are demanding a review of provincial labour legislation they say is weak and unconstitutional. […]