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Horizon faces test if oilsands strike; Project On Schedule; Questions Remain Whether Canadian Natural Immune
Aug 3, 2007

CALGARY – A controversial labour strategy used by Canadian Natural Resource Ltd. to build its oilsands mega-project could be put to the test later this month if 30,000-plus unionized construction […]

Labour Economic Monitor (August 2007)
Aug 1, 2007

Labour Economic Monitor (August 2007) Inflation Alert: Inflation in Alberta is seriously out of control. In June the Consumer Price Index for Alberta was 6.3% higher than one year ago. […]

Pickets to continue at Edmonton Molson brewery slated for closure: union
Aug 1, 2007

EDMONTON (CP) _ Striking workers at a century-old Molson Canada brewery will continue to picket despite the company’s decision to shut the plant down, say union officials. ”The closure is […]

Plant closure proves Molson is anything but Canadian
Aug 1, 2007

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour is highly critical of the Molson Coors shut-down of its Edmonton plant announced yesterday afternoon. “The American-based Coors Molson Company is closing a […]

‘Burning issue’ not resolved; Oilsands Report
Jul 26, 2007

The biggest surprise coming out of the provincial Oil Sands Consultation – Multistakeholder Committee Final Report is that the diverse panel reached consensus on 96 of the 120 recommendations. “There […]

Summer of strikes looms in the West as boom goes on
Jul 25, 2007

CALGARY — This may be the summer of unrest in the West, as thousands of municipal and forestry workers have walked off the job in British Columbia and thousands more […]