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AFL calls for stronger wage subsidy program to ensure jobs and employment for Albertans – AFL
Mar 26, 2020

Canada should copy bold programs in countries like Denmark EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest advocacy organization for working people is urging governments to take further steps to support Canadian workers through […]

Many employers are not following government guidelines on COVID-19. What is the UCP going to do about it? – AFL
Mar 23, 2020

AFL demands answers on behalf of anxious Alberta workers EDMONTON – What is the UCP going to do about the many employers in the province who are not following government […]

Alberta unions offer alternative plan for dealing with COVID-19 crisis and oil price crash – AFL
Mar 19, 2020

A proposal from the Alberta Federation of Labour Alberta is facing a double-barreled crisis, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. The COVID-19 pandemic and the global oil price […]

Alberta lacks ‘surge capacity’ in health care system because of past cuts – AFL
Mar 19, 2020

Kenney government needs to open more acute care and intensive care hospital beds – STAT! EDMONTON – If something dramatic isn’t done very soon to expand the number of acute […]

Alberta unions demand that the UCP scrap the budget they just passed – AFL
Mar 18, 2020

It’s “courting disaster” to proceed with an austerity budget while the Alberta economy is “falling off a cliff” EDMONTON – Alberta unions are demanding that Jason Kenney’s UCP government immediately […]

UCP misled Albertans on PAID sick leave, causing more confusion for workers and employers during a crisis – AFL
Mar 17, 2020

Everything has been shutting down and STILL no one knows if or how they’re getting paid Statement from Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour For Immediate ReleaseMarch […]