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Gil McGowan re-elected for two-year term as president CALGARY – A record 503 delegates representing unions from across the province gathered in Calgary to demand better from employers and the […]

AFL shows support for PSAC workers, next provincial government will face similar issues CALGARY – Today, approximately 500 workers marched on Calgary City Hall to demand better from the provincial government. […]

Albertans need pension stability and expansion, instead of UCP threats EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan responded to the NDP Caucus’ release of their retirement security […]

Leaked Report proved that UCP inaction effectively cut wages for Alberta’s most vulnerable workers. EDMONTON – The release of the UCP Government’s report on Alberta’s minimum wage proves the UCP […]

EDMONTON – Working Albertans gathered on the Legislature grounds to mark the third anniversary of the declaration of COVID-19 as a worldwide pandemic. The 5,000-plus Albertans who have died of […]

EDMONTON – A letter from Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan called on the Canada Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to focus on recruiting and retaining health […]

This year’s #InternationalWomensDay theme #EmbraceEquity is a conversation that we all need to be having, not only in Alberta, but all over the world. With our current government’s continued attack […]

Huge Revenue growth shows little benefit for working Albertans. Workers have been demanding better from the UCP government Staffing shortages and cuts are impacting workplaces. Inflation and price gouging has […]

Health and Education ignored in face of massive, sustained, surpluses EDMONTON – Today’s Alberta budget failed to undo UCP damage to the health care system and public services, according to […]

Paltry measures won’t make up the 9,300 nurse shortfall EDMONTON – The UCP’s attempts to make up for nursing staff shortages may fall well short of what Alberta needs, according […]

The Alberta government forecasts that we’ll be short nearly 9,300 registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, nursing supervisors, and licensed practical nurses by the year 2030. That’s according to the government’s […]

There are good reasons to believe that’s exactly what they’re considering, says labour leader EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), […]

Joint letter says federal budget should be Canada’s definitive response to massive American investment bill EDMONTON – In a strongly worded letter sent today, a group of Alberta union leaders […]

The UCP government’s making a big deal about contracting out publicly insured surgeries to chartered surgical facilities. The basic idea is that the province outsources publicly insured surgeries to private […]

AFL President responds to Bank of Canada announcement this morning EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) today expresses alarm as the Bank of Canada raised interest rates for the […]

Despite a 2019 election promise to “maintain or increase health spending”, the UCP government actually cut public health-care spending on a per-person basis, according to recently information released by the […]

Alberta plummets to second-worst province in Canada for health funding EDMONTON – The UCP government cut health care spending on a per-person basis in 2022, despite a 2019 election promise […]

Alberta’s post-secondary education system has suffered decades of neglect. Aside from a modest reinvestment in buildings and infrastructure during the boom-fueled early 2000s, the default government approach towards post-secondary education […]

The COVID-19 pandemic presented Albertans with unparalleled challenges. Although Albertans collectively committed to implementing protections that shielded our most vulnerable neighbours from harm, opportunistic politicians stopped treating the pandemic as […]

Hard-won laws to protect workers have not kept pace with the changing nature of work and new understandings of health and wellness. A growing number of workers are falling through […]

From gas to groceries, inflation is soaring to levels not experienced since the 1980s. Average Albertans cannot shoulder this on their own, and more and more working families are falling […]

For many decades, Alberta’s economic prosperity has relied on precarious and volatile fossil fuel energy markets. Now, the world is moving away from fossil fuels and new industries are emerging […]

In recent years, the Government of Alberta has cut and destabilized funding for public education, introduced wildly unpopular curriculum without input from experts, and encouraged the growth and expansion of […]

Albertans can no longer depend on public health-care services to be there when we need them. Emergency rooms are overrun, ambulance wait times are putting lives at risk, and delays […]