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Alberta has many dangerous industries for employees, with a government that is spending less on workplace safety than they were in 1991. According to Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta […]

Alberta has less work site health and safety inspectors than many other provinces, even with an increasing number of workers in dangerous industries, according to a new report from the […]

A new report by the Auditor General of Alberta suggests that the province needs to drastically improve its approach to worker safety. The semi-annual report, released on April 14 by […]

As the high season for temporary foreign workers in Canada kicks off, critics argue the program is broken, serving the short-term needs of the labour market while acting as an […]

Lives of workers put at risk by government The government’s shocking failure to enforce its own workplace safety laws is putting thousands of workers at risk, according to a new […]

The Alberta government says it wants to release the names of companies with poor safety records, but it needs legal approval first to ensure no privacy laws are broken. The […]

Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk said Thursday he will publicly identify employers who consistently ignore safety orders, once he finds a way around privacy issues. Opposition parties, unions and academics called […]

Write Employment and Immigration Minister and the Premier! Apr 15, 2010 Issue: Report of the Alberta Auditor General (April 2010) – Occupationa Health and Safety Action Requested: Write the Minister […]

AFL calls for immediate implementation of Auditor General’s recommendation for a crackdown on employers who repeatedly break the law Yesterday’s report from Alberta’s Auditor General reveals a fundamental flaw that […]

Finance minister downplays seriousness of issue and suggests the problem can be addressed by increasing the retirement age and requiring more seniors to sell their homes to raise cash CALGARY […]

Andrew Kohsel can testify on multiple fronts to a growing problem plaguing many of today’s seniors — and will soon spread to a large swath of baby boomers. As the […]

With the latest Statistics Canada figure showing Alberta’s unemployment rate has risen to 7.5%, the province’s largest union group says the numbers reflect the Tories’ lack of stimulus spending. Despite […]

Where did 9,700 Albertans ready to work if they could only find a job come from?A surge in jobseekers boosted Alberta’s unemployment rate 0.6 percentage points to 7.5 per cent […]

Alberta lost jobs for the third consecutive month in March as the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in 14 years, figures released Friday show. Despite signs of an […]

Alberta is only province in Canada that continues to shed jobs – and it’s also the only province that didn’t increase spending to deal with the recession. It’s no coincidence […]

Leticia Gladue is a little embarrassed to admit it, but her bathroom at home is an outhouse. Dawn Seeseequon has no running water in her home so she showers at […]

Thirteen Albertans died of farm-related injuries last year, including a six-year-old boy who was kicked in the head by a horse and a 76-year-old woman who was crushed by a […]

EDMONTON – Hundreds of chanting protesters from across the province marched through downtown Edmonton to the Alberta legislature on Saturday, demanding the provincial government stop spending cuts to public services. […]

Hundreds of people gathered at the Alberta legislature on Saturday afternoon to protest cuts to public services. Chanting “Save Our Services,” the protesters carried signs warning of cuts to funding […]

Workers in Alberta helped to prevent more severe cuts from happening in the 2010 Alberta budget, but the work is not over for the unions, advocacy groups, students and individuals […]

TORONTO, ONT–The violation of the workplace rights of many Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) in Alberta “reinforces what we’ve reported for years now,” says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW […]

Despite all the spin, the recent budget is a cutting budget While the Stelmach government boosted health-care spending and held the line on education spending, in other ministries it was […]

Whether there’s a boom or a bust, the economic reality facing women in Alberta is that they are falling further and further behind men. A new study by the Edmonton-based […]

2009 Pre-Budget Brief