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Forcing nurses into binding arbitration is a “recipe for disaster,” says AFL
Sep 30, 2003

EDMONTON – Alberta’s health care system could be thrown into chaos if the province’s nine regional health authorities are successful in their bid to force nurses into binding arbitration, says […]

Tory decision to re-open WCB cases is welcome but long overdue
Sep 2, 2003

After nearly two years of on-again, off-again support for a major review of old WCB cases, the Alberta government has finally agreed to open the books on previously rejected claims […]

2003 August Speech International Forum on Privatization of Public Services
Aug 1, 2003

Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, August 2003 (Oslo, Norway) Good morning and thank you for the warm welcome. As you’ve already heard, my name is Les […]

Klein mixed the ingredients for this pie himself
Jul 14, 2003

The “pie-that-was-heard-across-the-country” may have been delivered to Premier Ralph Klein early last week – but it had been in the oven for a long time. And the Premier himself had […]

Labour hails decision to re-open WCB cases as “long overdue”
Jul 14, 2003

After nearly two years of on-again, off-again support for a major review of old WCB cases, the government has finally agreed to open the books on previously rejected claims covering […]

Forestry workers urge Klein government to be part of the solution, not the problem in softwood dispute
Jul 3, 2003

EDMONTON – Leaders from the Alberta Federation of Labour and two unions representing thousands of forestry workers in the province will meet with Human Resource Minister Clint Dunford this afternoon […]