2003 November Speech Alberta New Democrat Convention
Nov 2, 2003
Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, November 2003 Good morning. I probably don’t have to tell you that it has not been a banner year for labour […]
2003 October Speech United Nurses of Alberta Annual General Meeting
Oct 1, 2003
Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, October 2003 Good morning. It’s been 70 years since Alberta had a government that could even be loosely described as worker […]
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 […]