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2000 May Proposal General Safety Regulation Task Force: Working Alone Proposal
2000 May Proposal General Safety Regulation Task Force: Working Alone Proposal
Read more »2000 May Discussion Paper Response Joint Worksite Health and Safety Committee Regulations
2000 May Discussion Paper Response Joint Worksite Health and Safety Committee Regulations
Read more »Stelmach’s Tories face gooey problem as more bitumen upgrading leaves Alberta
The amount of oilsands bitumen being upgraded in Alberta continues to sink — leaving the government well short of its target — with Syncrude the latest in a growing number […]
Read more »Minimum wage to remain the same
The Minister of Employment and Immigration Thomas Lukaszuk announced recently that minimum wage in the province would remain at $8.80 per hour, dismantling a system of wage increase less than […]
Read more »Construction industry had most workplace fatalities in Alberta
The construction industry had the highest number of workplace fatalities of any sector in Alberta in 2009, but this figure is the lowest in the last five years. Alberta’s Ministry […]
Read more »Big union campaign deflated by reality
It’s tough enough running a public sector union in a province like Alberta, where fat cats get a pass and working stiffs the straight-arm. So when the provincial government’s latest […]
Read more »Start moving forward,’ Alberta left urged: Parkland Institute head tells progressives to lay out their education and health-care vision for province
Alberta’s progressives should stop defending the status quo and start defining their own visions for provincial policy, the head of the left-wing Parkland Institute said Saturday. In a fiery address […]
Read more »Economic recovery explored at Re-Making Alberta conference
With the new provincial budget freshly on the table, and budget cuts expected once the details are unveiled later this month, the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute, in conjunction with […]
Read more »Strange bedfellows indeed
The theory that new Alberta finance minister Ted Morton was put in place to placate the fiscal hawks and play the cold-eyed budget-slasher-a zombie Steve West-was always dubious. I’m not […]
Read more »Albertans send Stelmach message – Save Our Services!
Public programs are already stretched to the limit – do not make more cuts EDMONTON – Representatives of Join Together Alberta today related stories of how the services Albertans desperately […]
Read more »Albertans are already hurting from deep cuts to public services
Citizens attending town halls implore government not to make a bad situation worse The public services Albertans desperately need are already being stretched to the breaking point and people are […]
Read more »Minimum wage freeze unfair: AFL
While the provincial government is lauding its decision to freeze minimum wage, one labour group claims the government is playing politics with the wages of low income earners. The province […]
Read more »Public bands against cuts
Massive cuts are coming and the public shouldn’t idly stand by, according to a town hall meeting last night. Held at the Quality Hotel and hosted by the newly-formed Join […]
Read more »Low-income workers take a hit for business
EDMONTON – When Fazal Hussein found out that Alberta’s minimum wage was frozen Friday, he thought: “Great. Food stamps, here I come.” The 19-year-old clothing retailer wants to get his […]
Read more »Public Works! Alberta’s public services work … for all of us
Public Works! Alberta’s public services work … for all of us Whether it’s the best of time or the worst of times, the public sector is vital to the health […]
Read more »Alberta Tories hold line on minimum wage
Minimum-wage earners in Alberta won’t see any salary hike as the province on Friday announced a freeze for 2010, keeping workers’ hourly pay at $8.80. While the Canadian Federation of […]
Read more »Fewer workplace deaths, fewer prosecutions: Alberta gov’t not serious enough about safety violations, critics say
For the first time in years, fewer Albertans lost their lives last year in work-related deaths as a global recession slowed production and squeezed people out of tens of thousands […]
Read more »Connecting the Dots with Jason Kenney: Why food sovereignty can solve the climate crisis and how Canada’s immigration policy serves our free trade interests
… In Vancouver, No One is Illegal (NOII), a grassroots anti-colonial immigrant and refugee rights collective, aligns its goals with those of La Via Campesina. Immigration is not a topic […]
Read more »Cuts Could Kill Thousands of Jobs: ‘We have options that would make most other provinces green with envy’
The province’s largest union is warning up to 60,000 jobs are at risk if the Alberta government cuts billions of dollars from its upcoming budget. “It’s clear to us that […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour forecasts big job cuts
Stelmach government’s Feb. 9 budget could cost up to 60,000 jobs, the fallout being even greater in the private sector than the public sector. – Gil McGowan. Edmonton (27 Jan. […]
Read more »Alberta labour body fears huge job cuts
The Alberta Federation of Labour estimates as many as 60,000 jobs could be lost if the government cuts billions from the provincial budget next month. The number of jobs lost […]
Read more »Province disputes predictions of major job losses
Alberta’s Tory government and a major labour group are sparring over potential job losses that will result when a tight-fisted provincial budget is tabled next month. The Alberta Federation of […]
Read more »Worse than the Recession?: How government budget cuts could kill more Alberta jobs than the recession
Worse than the Recession? How government budget cuts could kill more Alberta jobs than the recession Just as the recession appears to be lifting, the Alberta government is moving toward […]
Read more »Government budget cuts may kill more jobs in Alberta than the recession: Analysis predicts that cuts will lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in both public and private sectors
The Alberta government is about to embark on a program of public spending cuts that could kill more jobs in the province than were lost to the recession. Using the […]
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