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2013 Backgrounder_Conventional Oil and Gas Royalties
2013 BackgrounderConventional Oil and Gas Royalties
Read more »Alberta Royalty Ad: Oil Tycoon Thanks Province In New AFL Commercial (VIDEO)
Ever wonder how the world’s oil tycoons feel about the royalty they are charged by the Alberta government? Movie theatre-goers can find out this month. A 30-second commercial, which pokes […]
Read more »Media Advisory: Labour leaders express concern with punitive measures toward strike
What: News Conference today at 4:30 PM Where: Glenora Room, Main Floor Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel 10155 – 105th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1E2 When: 4:30 PM, Wednesday, May 1 […]
Read more »Labour leaders concerned about response to strike
Draconian and punitive dues suspension is of concern to workers across Alberta Edmonton – Elected labour leaders representing more than 160,000 workers throughout Alberta are worried about the implications of […]
Read more »2013 TFW_From Last Resort to First Choice
FROM LAST RESORT TO FIRST CHOICE: How the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is flooding the market, not filling a need During the recession, Alberta lost tens of thousands of jobs. […]
Read more »Foreign Temp Workers Changes Not Enough: Labour Leaders
Two federal ministers yesterday jointly announced changes in the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including a “temporary suspension” of the Accelerated Labour Market Opinion program criticized by labour leaders. But […]
Read more »Federal government will close wage gap for temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA — Changes to the ailing temporary foreign worker program unveiled Monday are little more than an admission of error and fall short of the massive overhaul the Conservative government […]
Read more »Businesses being given temporary foreign worker permits regardless of economic need
8,600 jobs lost in 2010, but government approves whopping 22,992 TFW positions Edmonton – Over the past four years, Alberta has brought in thousands more temporary foreign workers (TFWs) than […]
Read more »Court rules remand centre union in contempt
EDMONTON – The widespread wildcat strike that started last week with guards at Edmonton’s Remand Centre and spread to facilities throughout the province took a dramatic turn Monday night. After […]
Read more »2013 ltr to Hon Lukaszuk_Remand Centre Strike
2013 ltr to Hon Lukaszuk_Remand Centre Strike
Read more »Government needs to get its priorities straight when it comes to resolving prison strikes
AFL urges premier to address health and safety concerns of workers so situation can be resolved Edmonton – Alberta’s largest labour group, representing 160,000 workers, is urging the premier to […]
Read more »Labour conference welcomes Allan Gregg
/Well-known Tory pollster criticizes anti-labour Harper government Edmonton – The defence of reason makes strange bedfellows. Well-known Canadian pundit and Tory pollster Allan Gregg will speak at the Alberta Federation […]
Read more »Labour Leaders From Across the Province Rally Against LRT Privatization
Alberta’s union movement is standing up for public transit Edmonton – Hundreds of concerned Albertans and union members will rally today at noon at city hall in protest of privatization […]
Read more »Government correspondence shows big business pulling the strings
AFL calls for independent review of shady lobbying activity by construction industry executives Edmonton – Secret documents suggest Alberta’s construction industry is exerting undue influence on government decisions. In the […]
Read more »Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Conservative government must fix what it broke
Unions and migrant workers’ advocacy groups warned Human Resources Minister Diane Finley of potential for abuse. Last year the government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)Temporary Foreign […]
Read more »Pipeline Economics: The dollars & cents of the energy export debate
When Alberta’s oil sands started being commercially developed almost 50 years ago, the biggest challenge for companies was finding cost-effective production technologies. Producers such as Sun Oil Company (now Suncor […]
Read more »Province probes labour dispute at Whyte Ave. tattoo parlour
The province is investigating claims by nine former employees of a Whyte Avenue tattoo and bodypiercing shop that they didn’t receive severance pay and T4 slips after they were laid […]
Read more »Doing the Heavy Lifting
Canada’s temporary foreign workers vulnerable to exploitation OTTAWA—José Sicajau, a Guatemalan man of Indigenous descent, had grown accustomed to exploitative conditions after several years as a Temporary Foreign Worker growing […]
Read more »Alberta town would be ‘shut down’ without foreign workers
After news of RBC’s outsourcing of jobs caused a nationwide outcry, one small Alberta town said it depends on foreign workers to fill jobs that Canadians refuse. In Rocky Mountain […]
Read more »False crisis
Re: “AFL says chains abusing program; Foreign staff fill low-wage positions,” April 10. Alberta Federation of Labour leader Gil McGowan makes some sweeping generalizations about Alberta employers and the temporary […]
Read more »Fast-food chains abusing foreign workers program, says labour leader
Program intended to address shortages in high-skill jobs A federal program intended to fast-track skilled workers into Canada is instead being used by a “who’s who” of fast-food chains and […]
Read more »Who hires temporary foreign workers? You’d be surprised
Todd Bender doesn’t seem like he’d be in the market for temporary foreign workers: He’s executive director of CityKidz, a faith-driven group working with young people in inner-city Hamilton. His […]
Read more »Federal program being misused?
The controversy over the outsourcing of dozens of Canadian jobs by the Royal Bank of Canada has put the spotlight on the much bigger issue of how Canada’s Temporary Foreign […]
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