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Few silver linings for Alberta workers in Friday’s Labour Force Survey. Governments need to intervene to support workers. – AFL
Sep 4, 2020

Statistics Canada released its regular Labour Force Survey on Friday, which catalogues the labour market conditions like employment and unemployment for the month of August. While the COVID-19 pandemic hammered […]

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Alberta’s fiscal update reveals the gaping hole in Alberta’s revenue stream and means trouble for Albertans – AFL
Sep 4, 2020

Recently, the UCP government unveiled the 2020-21 First Quarter Fiscal Update and Economic Situation.The Kenney government has posted the largest deficit in Alberta’s history. In Finance Minister Travis Toews’s speech […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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