“Fair Share Now!!!” Say Fort McMurray Workers
Jul 5, 2005
Hundreds of Fort McMurray workers are expected to rally tonight to send a message to the Conservative government and to Oilsands Companies that the boom in Alberta needs to be […]
2005 June Speech OEM Rally
Jun 29, 2005
Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, June 29, 2005 We’re here today because a crime has been committed. Laws that were supposed to protect workers have been […]
12-Year Olds Working in Restaurants – Child Labour as the Alberta Advantage?
Jun 24, 2005
EDMONTON – As of June 3, 2005, Alberta employers can now legally hire 12, 13 and 14-year olds to work in restaurants, the Alberta Federation of Labour revealed today. In […]
Apprenticeship changes will put lives at risk, says AFL
Jun 21, 2005
EDMONTON – Industrial construction sites will be less safe, and the lives of workers could be at risk if the Minister of Advanced Education confirms a change of regulation recommended […]
Tories Need to Pull Heads out of the Sand on Child Care
Jun 17, 2005
The Conservative government needs to stop living in an ideological past that no longer exists and support a national child care program, says the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) today. […]
Long Waiting Lists the Problem, Not Public Health Care
Jun 9, 2005
The Alberta Federation of Labour, the province’s largest labour organization, responded to the Supreme Court decision on health care today by urging governments to focus on the real problem, and […]