Tag: AFL in the News

You know you’re getting older when you can recall the minimum wage for Ontario in 1976 was $2.15. But the cost of living back when Disco was the music of […]

Edmonton – An American energy conglomerate owned by two powerful billionaire brothers who help fund the Tea Party and climate change denial movements in the U.S. has registered to lobby […]

Re: “Farm safety picture distorted,” by Thomas Lukaszuk, Letters, March 22. Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk writes to refute the Journal editorial “Confront lax law on farm safety,” Opinion, March 16. […]

A lthough International Women’s Day has passed, it’s important to continue to strive for equality. Case in point: a press release from the Alberta Federation of Labour, which shows that […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is lobbying the province to name a minister for the Status of Women. The AFL says Alberta women continue to suffer inequality, especially in […]

Saskatchewan posted its best safety record in two decades last year while in Alberta, workers continue to suffer injuries and deaths at a horrific rate. Why? It’s not exactly rocket […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling on the province to immediately increase the minimum wage. It’s a move they say is long overdue. The current minimum wage in […]

Unions applauded a provincial government move Monday to allow temporary foreign workers certified in Alberta’s optional trades to apply directly to the government for permanent residency instead of having to […]

Friday’s announcement of additional Occupational Health and Safety inspectors is one more step to ensuring Fort McMurray residents make it home safely from work at the end of the day. […]

The Stelmach government’s announcement of 30 new Occupational Health and Safety workplace inspectors is welcome, but Alberta still remains a dangerous place to work. That’s the message from president of […]

The province is bolstering the ranks of workplace safety inspectors, adding 30 new inspectors over the next three years. Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk made the announcement Friday at […]

Alberta is hiring 30 new occupational health and safety officers to improve the province’s record on workplace accidents. “I hope this sends a strong message to any company or worker […]

Alberta employers punished with creative sentence fines after a worker is seriously injured or killed will now be tracked under the same provincial system that looks at whether all other […]

“This year’s budget shows the Progressive Conservative Party is more concerned about the Wildrose Alliance than it is about Alberta’s workers, families and communities.” That’s the reaction to the provincial […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour says the government’s new budget shows the Progressive Conservative Party is more concerned about the Wildrose Alliance than it is about workers, families and communities. […]

With many different groups to please, each of the major stakeholders have different items on their wish lists leading up to Thursday’s budget. Aden Murphy, VP External of the U […]

The Alberta government’s move to scrutinize forklift safety on work sites in a provincewide blitz starting Tuesday is long overdue, says the mother of a young man who was crushed […]

SHERWOOD PARK – The Alberta government’s new inspection blitz of forklift operations is a good initiative, but on its own won’t be enough to protect workers from accidents, said the […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour feels more must be done to improve forklift safety in the province. AFL President Gil McGowan says the government’s announcement of a few weeks of […]

The new Keystone XL pipeline project threatens our environment, our job opportunities, and our energy security, so why isn’t Canada taking the issue seriously? The battle to stop the Keystone […]

Groups agitating for extension of the province’s occupational health and safety laws to protect farm workers are again attempting to push the contentious issue to the fore in Alberta. Earlier […]

AFL calls on government to revive CPP proposal, as poll proves it’s what Albertans want With Ted Morton no longer in cabinet, it’s time for the Alberta government to listen […]

Every morning Robert McDonald gets up just after 4 a.m. in order to get to work as a delivery truck driver in downtown Edmonton for 6:30. Up until a year […]

Journeymen in Alberta will now be allowed to supervise up to two apprentices. The rules changed on January 31st, increasing the ratio from 1:1. Even though critics say safety will […]