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You have the right to refuse work you think might endanger your health and safety – AFL
Sep 3, 2020

An important health and safety message for education workers returning to work during COVID-19 As schools reopen this week, the Alberta Federation of Labour would like to remind all teachers, […]

Farm Workers Day: We Must Recommit to the Fight for Farm Worker Rights – AFL
Aug 20, 2020

Siobhan Vipond, Secretary Treasurer of the Alberta Federation of Labour released the following statement for Alberta Farm Workers Day 2020 EDMONTON – Each year, August 20 marks Alberta Farm Workers […]

How can we avoid a “Cargill” in our classrooms?
Aug 12, 2020

We need to look at school reopening through the lens of established workplace health and safety principles! In less than four weeks, 750,000 students and 90,000 education workers will go […]

The UCP is Misrepresenting Health Care Data to Justify Ideological Cuts – AFL
Aug 10, 2020

The UCP government recently announced that data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) supports their decision to pick a fight with Alberta’s physicians, which they have continued even […]

Public Education During a Crisis: A Safe School Reopening
Aug 7, 2020

Part 7: A Safe School Reopening Back on March 15, 2020, Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange spoke at the daily COVID-19 update to announce that K-12 schools would be closed […]

The UCP is Coming After the Health and Safety Rights of Albertans with Rushed Summer Consultations – AFL
Aug 7, 2020

The government is quietly engaged in expedited reviews to undermine both the occupational health and safety, and workers’ compensation systems EDMONTON – This summer, in the midst of an ongoing […]