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Ottawa takes the wraps off proposed changes to employment insurance
Labour Minister Diane Finely says Canada’s economic prosperity depends on the country’s ability to meet emerging and growing labour market challenges. Finley says changes announced Thursday to the Employment Insurance […]
Read more »Foreign workers ‘will hurt’ Alberta employees, labour leader says
CALGARY — Overreliance on temporary foreign workers to remedy Alberta’s labour shortages will hurt both domestic and imported workforces, local labour and immigration organizations said. The federal government introduced several […]
Read more »General Secretary of Colombian Sugar Cane Cutters’ union assassinated
Daniel Aguirre becomes the seventh Colombian trade unionist killed this year, and the 61st since Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos took office in August 2010. Colombia (07 May 2012) – […]
Read more »SAIT works to overcome workplace discrimination
Pipe trade students build sign to show collaboration between GBLT community and construction industry. Pipe trade students at SAIT built something that’s the first of its kind at the trade […]
Read more »New rules allowing employers to pay Temporary Foreign Workers less than Canadians will drive wages down and “pit workers against workers”
AFL joins national coalition of labour, religious and immigrant groups in condemning Harper government’s new approach to TFWs New rules allowing employers to fast track Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and […]
Read more »Flaherty’s “no bad jobs” comment proves Harper Conservatives are deep in the pockets of business
With proposed EI changes, more Canadians will be forced into the kind of bad jobs Flaherty says don’t exist, says AFL Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s shocking comment that there […]
Read more »Westray anniversary spurs call for greater enforcement
The United Steelworkers Canada (USW) union is marking the 20th anniversary of the fatal Westray mine explosion by renewing its call for increased enforcement of Bill C-45, federal legislation which […]
Read more »Short-term labour fix, or is it exploitation?
Barely two months after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge certified a $10-million class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 70 temporary foreign workers alleging flagrant violations of pay and […]
Read more »On 20th anniversary of Westray disaster, Alberta unions call on Redford government to consider criminal prosecutions of employers responsible for worker deaths or injuries
Alberta has never used provisions of “Westray Act” even though it could act as an effective deterrent to corporate negligence The president of Alberta’s largest union organization today called on […]
Read more »This week in history
30 years ago: Fort McMurray will receive $2,199,000 in provincial funding under the Arterial Roadway, Public Transit and Transportation Systems Management programs. Under the 5-year Trust Agreement public transit project […]
Read more »Alberta praises new foreign-worker rules
Canadian companies that want to bring in highly skilled foreign workers temporarily will be able to do so faster and pay them less under new federal immigration rules aimed at […]
Read more »Songs will commemorate history of Alberta’s labour movement
The history of Alberta’s labour movement will be commemorated in song on Saturday at the Red Deer Public Library. Singer/songwriter Maria Dunn will be joined by Shannon Johnson on violin […]
Read more »Does temporary foreign workers program create second class of labourers?
Five years of dealing with temporary foreign workers affected Yessy Byl in a way she did not expect. There were the stories, from the more than 1,000 people she spoke […]
Read more »Museum opens new exhibit
Exploited workers, unfair wages, picket-line bravery and basic employee mistreatment were all-too common in yesterday’s workplace. Today, these are often thought of as issues of a past and less-civilized time. […]
Read more »Maria Dunn to Bring Songs of Work & Sisterhood to Red Deer
RED DEER: One of Alberta’s best-known folk singers is coming to Red Deer to present songs about the life of immigrant women workers in one of Alberta’s longest standing manufacturing […]
Read more »2008 April Presentation House of Commons Standing Committee on Immigration
2008 April Presentation House of Commons Standing Committee on Immigration
Read more »Calgary to Mark 100 Years of Alberta Labour with City History Tour
Celebrations are underway across the province to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Alberta Federation of Labour, and Calgary trade unionists have plans to mark the Centennial by drawing attention […]
Read more »Unions decry temp worker rule changes
Union leaders in B.C. and Alberta are upset with changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program that reduces the time it takes for employers to hire skilled trades people, […]
Read more »Tighten robocall rules, group says
Elections Alberta received thousands of complaints over robocalls used in the recent provincial election but neither the Tories nor the Wildrose party are ready to call for new legislation or […]
Read more »Picnic and other events help mark city’s 100-year labour history
The Alberta Federation of Labour got its start in Lethbridge in 1912, and will hold several events at the beginning of May to commerate its 100th anniversary, with a little […]
Read more »National Day of Mourning honours workers killed and hurt on the job
Calgary mom tearfully remembers teenaged son electrocuted while helping to erect a party tent Julie Hamilton knows by heart how many days since her son Tim was killed in a […]
Read more »Redford’s debt to Alberta’s left
How did the Alberta PCs win a majority in Monday’s election when every poll for a month showed them behind the upstart Wildrose Party? Simple: They united the left and […]
Read more »Monument to Alberta’s Broken Families to be unveiled on Day of Mourning
High death rate shows more must be done to protect workers, says labour groups A monument to dead workers will be unveiled in Edmonton on the National Day of Mourning […]
Read more »Editorial: Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a necessary evil
The federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program has become a necessary evil, fraught with so many troubling issues that we must hold our nose while applauding changes announced to it this […]
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