Tag: AFL in the News

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Flanked by her team of Progressive Conservative candidates, Premier Alison Redford fired up cheering supporters at rallies in both Edmonton and Calgary Saturday to mark the final push ahead of […]

EDMONTON – A live audience heckled and booed Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith at a leader’s debate Thursday after she said she isn’t convinced that climate change is real. Smith, the […]

CHESTERMERE – With polls showing a significant possibility of a minority government following the April 23 election, speculation has begun on whether some newly elected MLAs might cross the floor […]

Alberta Liberal candidate describes Wildrose candidates as ‘homophobic,’ PCs as ‘corrupt/incompetent/bullying’ Wildrose candidates are “homophobic, climate change deniers” and “bigots” while the PCs are “corrupt/incompetent/bullying” and “senior neglecting,” Liberal Leader […]

But seat projections for Danielle Smith Wildrose majority come with big caveat The Wildrose party would win a healthy majority government with 50 to 60 seats, based on the results […]

EDMONTON — With just three days until Monday’s vote, many Edmontonians may be caught in a dilemma — do they vote Progressive Conservative for the first time to stave off […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour is being investigated by Elections Alberta after conducting a provincial telephone poll decrying the Wildrose Party. In a robocall telephone poll that called 1.54 million […]

CALGARY — As the Tories and Wildrose parties fire off accusations over how the other intends to manage public services, Alberta’s unions are now dividing between those willing to endorse […]

EDMONTON — No matter which party wins Monday’s election, there’s bound to be change in the ranks of the civil service — deputy ministers shuffled, bureaucrats transferred, positions eliminated, new […]

Personal views don’t reflect policy: Smith With a week to go in the most hard fought Alberta election campaign in decades, hot-button moral issues again put the front-running Wildrose party […]

CBC poll suggests Progressive Conservatives trailing Wildrose A poll conducted for the CBC shows the Wildrose Party has a seven-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives just a week before the […]