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Kenney Government is Hollowing Out Workplace Health and Safety – During a Pandemic – AFL
Nov 16, 2020

The first in a series of blogs on workplace health and safety in Alberta. Alberta workers are known for their hard work and their attention to workplace safety. Many Alberta […]

Albertans will pay a steep price as Kenney continues to follow Trump’s playbook on COVID, says AFL president – AFL
Nov 15, 2020

Lives and livelihoods are being endangered by Kenney’s stubborn refusal to stop behaving like a Republican governor EDMONTON – As long as Premier Jason Kenney continues to follow the Trump/Republican […]

Kenney Government guts Workers’ Compensation and workplace safety protections under the guise of “red tape reduction” – AFL
Nov 6, 2020

New legislation is another attack on Alberta workers, which will put them at risk in more unsafe workplaces and mean less compensation for those workers hurt or killed on the […]

While Kenney prepares to silence unions, it’s becoming clearer that corporate-sponsored pro-UCP PACs will be unleashed to do more of the UCP’s political dirty work – AFL
Nov 3, 2020

The biggest pro-UCP PAC has emerged from its post-election hibernation and is now being used to promote Kenney’s goal of pulling Alberta out of CPP EDMONTON – The outlines of […]

Working Albertans will have a worse ‘Case of the Mondays’ today thanks to Jason Kenney – AFL
Nov 2, 2020

Albertans returning to work this morning will find themselves working under freshly gutted Employment Standards Code provisions EDMONTON – It’s not just a post-Halloween sugar crash that working Albertans are […]

The UCP Fails on Child Care: Letting Down Albertans Again – AFL
Oct 30, 2020

EDMONTON – The United Conservative Government has once again failed to show real leadership on child care with Bill 39. While the UCP would rather talk about only a few […]