Tag: AFL in the News
100 years of worker struggles featured in Bonnyville museum display
A century of fighting for workers’ rights is explored in a display that opened this week at Bonnyville & District Museum (click here for a sample display). “The labour movement […]
Read more »AFL not happy with new EI rules
The new Employment Insurance rules from the federal government have the Alberta Federation of Labour fuming. The AFL says the changes will push wages down, and force workers to take […]
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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 […]
Read more »Labour groups say foreign worker changes attack Canadian wages
EDMONTON – Labour groups are stepping up their attack on changes to regulations for temporary foreign workers, saying the adjustments will reduce wages for Canadians, make it tougher for union […]
Read more »Federal government making it easier to hire temporary foreign workers
NISKU – Alberta businesses, frustrated by red tape and delays in hiring temporary foreign workers, got a break Wednesday from the federal government. Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane […]
Read more »Temporary foreign worker program brings more problems than solutions: AFL
At least one Alberta group isn’t happy with today’s changes to federal temporary foreign worker laws. The Alberta Federation of Labour says lowering the wages for the workers makes Alberta’s […]
Read more »Corbella: The liberals finally win another Alberta election
For the first time in 91 years, the liberals have won an election in Alberta. Yeah, sure, the name of the party that won a majority of seats last night […]
Read more »Healthcare telephone poll sets off a firestorm before Alberta Election
Merit Alberta and the Wildrose Party have filed complaints with government officials claiming that the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is violating election rules with a province-wide telephone poll. “AFL […]
Read more »Alberta Election 2012: NDP picks up support, falls short of goal
EDMONTON – Wild predictions of eight or more seats died out as results rolled in for the NDP Monday night, but the party still doubled its number of MLAs. NDP […]
Read more »Union group pushes against Wildrose
With polls predicting a Wildrose government, several groups went public this week pleading with Albertans for anything but. The Alberta Federation of Labour called every Albertan with a landline phone […]
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