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LRB Decision Banning 2 Lakeside Managers from Picket Line, Negotiations Unprecedented
The Alberta Federation of Labour responded to an Alberta Labour Relations Board (LRB) decision handed down today banning two high-ranking managers from the picket line, any strike-related activity and from […]
Read more »Charges against Lakeside Officials Demonstrate Company “Thinks It Can do Whatever It Wants”
EDMONTON-The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) responded today to reports that four officials from Lakeside Packers – including the plant’s former CEO, Garnet Altwasser, and the current farm operations manager, […]
Read more »AFL Proposes new, fast resolution to Lakeside strike
In a letter faxed to Human Resources and Employment Minster Mike Cardinal today, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) has proposed a fast and fair way to resolve the dispute […]
Read more »2005 Oct Speaking Notes Federal Employment Standards Review
Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, October 11, 2005 Good afternoon. Welcome to Alberta and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I’m here […]
Read more »AFL Calls on Minister to Take Action to Resolve Lakeside Dispute
EDMONTON-The AFL today reacted to Tyson Food’s rejection of the Disputes Inquiry Board (DIB) recommendations to resolve the Lakeside Foods dispute by calling on the Minister to use the full […]
Read more »AFL Submits Recommendations to Employment Standards Review
EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour submitted its recommendations yesterday to the Alberta government review of the Employment Standards Code. September 29th was the deadline for public input into […]
Read more »Prominent Albertans urging Minster to end CBC Lock-out
Edmonton: A number of well known community, labour, academic, arts and municipal leaders have signed an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, urging her to use her influence […]
Read more »Government appointed mediator must be respected by Tyson Foods
EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling upon Mike Cardinal, the Minister of Human Resources and Employment, to make sure that Tyson Foods, Inc, the giant American […]
Read more »Alberta government hands responsibility for reforming health care to private insurance companies
EDMONTON – The Klein government’s decision to put out a call for proposals to private insurance companies interested in covering public health services is an act of “breathtaking stupidity”, says […]
Read more »Reflections on Labour Day
Will our children have the luxury of lounging by the lake? Or will they be worrying about where the next pay cheque will come from? It’s Labour Day again – […]
Read more »End the Drought! Legal Protection for Farm Workers Now!
CALGARY-The Alberta Federation of Labour marked the first Alberta Farm Worker Day by announcing a strategy to pressure the Alberta government to include farm workers in the basic employment protections […]
Read more »Labour demands meaningful penalties for midway company
The Alberta Federation of Labour is demanding the government do more than simply give Canadian Midway Co a warning for employment law violations at Edmonton’s Klondike Days and the Calgary […]
Read more »Unions in Alberta and B.C. launch campaign to support Telus workers
At a series of three coordinated rallies in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary Thursday evening, the Alberta Federation of Labour and the B.C. Federation of Labour unveiled the first phase of […]
Read more »Telus engaged in bullying, not bargaining
EDMONTON-The reputation for good labour relations and excellent service earned over many years by Alberta Government Telephones, EdTel and BCTel have been poured down the drain of corporate mismanagement by […]
Read more »Government must resolve meat packing dispute – not simply delay it
EDMONTON-The Alberta government decision to delay the strike for two months at the Lakeside Packers in Brooks by calling a Disputes Inquiry Board (DIB) is a step in the right […]
Read more »Workplace death of boy illustrates dangers for kids in adult jobs
EDMONTON-The death of a 14-year boy working with heavy equipment at the Reynolds Auto and Aircraft Museum in Wetaskiwin is a tragedy that illustrates why children should not be allowed […]
Read more »More private health insurance will increase business costs and undermine “Alberta Advantage”
The Alberta government’s decision today to expand the role for private health insurance will result in a less equal health system and millions of dollars in new costs for individual […]
Read more »“Fair Share Now!!!” Say Fort McMurray Workers
Hundreds of Fort McMurray workers are expected to rally tonight to send a message to the Conservative government and to Oilsands Companies that the boom in Alberta needs to be […]
Read more »2005 June Speech OEM Rally
Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, June 29, 2005 We’re here today because a crime has been committed. Laws that were supposed to protect workers have been […]
Read more »12-Year Olds Working in Restaurants – Child Labour as the Alberta Advantage?
EDMONTON – As of June 3, 2005, Alberta employers can now legally hire 12, 13 and 14-year olds to work in restaurants, the Alberta Federation of Labour revealed today. In […]
Read more »Apprenticeship changes will put lives at risk, says AFL
EDMONTON – Industrial construction sites will be less safe, and the lives of workers could be at risk if the Minister of Advanced Education confirms a change of regulation recommended […]
Read more »Tories Need to Pull Heads out of the Sand on Child Care
The Conservative government needs to stop living in an ideological past that no longer exists and support a national child care program, says the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) today. […]
Read more »Long Waiting Lists the Problem, Not Public Health Care
The Alberta Federation of Labour, the province’s largest labour organization, responded to the Supreme Court decision on health care today by urging governments to focus on the real problem, and […]
Read more »Labour Board Reneges on key decision
EDMONTON – In a key decision released today, the Alberta Labour Relations Board has, once again, proven itself little more than a lapdog for big business, says Gil McGowan, the […]
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