Tag: AFL in the News
Report says pipeline squeeze could be ‘devastating’ to Canadian economy
/CALGARY – The inability to get western Canadian crude to the right markets is costing the country’s economy dearly, according to a new report paid for by the Saskatchewan government. […]
Read more »Refine it at home to pop bitumen bubble: AFL
/Alberta’s current financial woes may offer a silver lining, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. Two weeks after Premier Alison Redford warned the province that resource royalties were expected to […]
Read more »Report says time running out for Canadian oil producers to access Pacific Rim
/CALGARY – A research paper is reinforcing the idea that Canada’s resource industry is at risk of being left behind internationally if it doesn’t find a way to get oil […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour cites ‘strong economic case’ to refine bitumen here
/EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour says the discounted price Alberta bitumen is fetching of the world market could provide an opportunity for more upgrading and additional jobs in […]
Read more »Upgrading bitumen in Alberta best option, labour group says
/The Alberta Federation of Labour says documents obtained through Freedom of Information show that the provincial government has been told that upgrading bitumen in Alberta is a better financial option […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour calls for creation of new Crown corporation to tackle ‘bitumen bubble’
/Wants province to invest in oilsands refining capacity CALGARY – The Alberta Federation of Labour called Wednesday for the province to burst the so-called “bitumen bubble” by creating a Crown […]
Read more »Province’s unionists call for more bitumen production at home
/The time is right for Alberta to profit from bitumen’s low price by processing more of it at home, say the province’s unionists. The so-called bitumen bubble makes it economically […]
Read more »Labour group says a new upgrader will help economy
/Alberta Federation of Labour says it’s time for a new bitumen upgrader The Alberta Federation of Labour says with the current sagging oil prices, this is the time for the […]
Read more »Labour group contests bitumen bubble claim
/The premier’s claim that Alberta’s financial woes are because of a bitumen bubble is being challenged by a provincial labour group. The bitumen bubble refers to the growing gap between […]
Read more »Bitumen bubble’ bad news for budget
/When Premier Alison Redford talks about “a bitumen bubble,” she’s referring to the record amount of Alberta bitumen for sale, and the low price it’s fetching in the U.S. these […]
Read more »Alberta issues record setting fine to Chinese state-owned oil firm
/An Alberta judge has ordered the Canadian arm of a Chinese state-owned oil company to pay the biggest workplace safety fine in the province’s history after the death of two […]
Read more »Local organizations pledge support for Idle No More
/EDMONTON – The Idle No More movement marked a global day of action Monday with a rally in Churchill Square that saw leaders from a variety of organizations declare solidarity […]
Read more »Labour organizations, environmental groups join with Idle No More
/Albertan labour organizations and environmental groups declared their support for the Idle No More movement during a rally in Edmonton Monday. In front of over 100 Idle No More demonstrators […]
Read more »Idle No More event aims to teach, build support for movement
/Edmontonians packed Allendale Community Hall Sunday evening for a discussion of Idle No More, as communities and organizations worldwide planned for a show of solidarity with the movement on Monday. […]
Read more »Sinopec $1.5 million penalty for workplace deaths a ‘slap on the wrist,’ says union
/A Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec, a Chinese state-owned oil corporation, was ordered to pay $1.5-million fine Thursday, approximately six years after a collapsing tank roof killed two Chinese workers at […]
Read more »Public sector unions are girding to fight impending provincial cutbacks
/Public sector unions are girding to fight impending provincial cutbacks driven by a multi-billion dollar cash crunch. And a prominent economist says Premier Alison Redford’s TV address to Albertans Thursday […]
Read more »Unions, economists blast Alison Redford’s budget plans
/CALGARY – Public sector unions are bracing to fight impending provincial cutbacks driven by a multi-billion dollar cash crunch. And a prominent economist said Premier Alison Redford’s TV address to […]
Read more »Unions, economists blast Alison Redford’s budget plans
/CALGARY – Public sector unions are bracing to fight impending provincial cutbacks driven by a multi-billion dollar cash crunch. And a prominent economist said Premier Alison Redford’s TV address to […]
Read more »Sinopec Oil Sands Workers’ Deaths: Energy Giant To Pay $1.5 Million
/ST. ALBERT, Alta. – A firm linked to a Chinese state-owned company was ordered Thursday to pay $1.5 million in penalties in the deaths of two foreign workers at an […]
Read more »Firm linked to China ordered to pay $1.5 million in deaths of workers in Alberta
/ST. ALBERT, Alta. – A firm linked to a Chinese state-owned company was ordered Thursday to pay $1.5 million in penalties in the deaths of two foreign workers at an […]
Read more »Largest workplace fine in Alberta history for oil giant’s role in the death of two Chinese workers
/ST. ALBERT – A Canadian subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in penalties for failing to ensure the safety of two Chinese […]
Read more »Oil differential darkens Alberta’s budget
/It has been, for Alberta, a dismal new year. With pipelines out of the province effectively full, Canadian crude has become a discount brand, and once-expected money is evaporating. The […]
Read more »Northern Gateway Hearings: Vancouver Pipeline Protesters Greet Enbridge Panel
/VANCOUVER – The nationwide Idle No More movement merged with ongoing protests against oil pipeline projects proposed for British Columbia, to bring more than a thousand protesters out to greet […]
Read more »Chinese SOE Snatching Foreign Energy Companies
/During the last month of 2012, Christian Paradis, Canada’s minister of industry, announced on behalf of the Canadian government the approval of the $15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc. by […]
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