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PRESS RELEASE: Union leaders urge Edmonton City Council to forestall UCP intervention in looming strike
Mar 13, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE An imposed agreement would be bad for workers and the City. EDMONTON – The leaders of some of Alberta’s largest public sector unions have sent a strongly-worded […]

Alberta Federation of Labour Statement for International Women’s Day 2024
Mar 8, 2024

We are the grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and sisters of this world, including those who are trans or non-binary. Our stories are woven with resilience against the injustices of being marginalized, […]

PRESS RELEASE: Diversify Alberta tour kicks off in southern Alberta to talk Alberta’s economic future
Mar 5, 2024

“Alberta has a bright future in a changing world.” – AFL’s McGowan EDMONTON – As the global energy transition picks up speed, Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation […]

STATEMENT: Workers Left Behind In Alberta Budget
Feb 29, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Failure to Adjust for Inflation means Cuts for Albertans CALGARY – Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) President Gil McGowan made the following statement in response to the Government […]

PRESS RELEASE: Poll suggests UCP could pay a heavy political price if they persist with plan to pull Alberta out of CPP
Feb 27, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Even many UCP voters are saying “hands off our pensions!” EDMONTON – A new poll shows that about a quarter of the Albertans who voted for the […]

PRESS RELEASE: AFL calls on feds to end employers’ harmful addiction to guest worker programs
Feb 26, 2024

Explosion in number of guest workers and non-permanent residents is suppressing wages and driving up rents. “It needs to stop!” says McGowan EDMONTON – The federal government must close all […]