Tag: AFL in the News

The province isn’t doing enough to prevent deaths at the workplace. Those comments come from the Alberta Federation of Labour after three people died on the job in the past […]

The death of a temporary foreign worker in Alberta is raising questions about who should pay to ship his body home. Aruna Shantha Peiris, 37, died of a heart attack […]

Legal opinion commissioned by Alberta Federation of Labour says proposed changes are “not consistent with a democratic society.” Edmonton (14 Oct. 2010) – Friends of Medicare (FoM) has launched a […]

Ben Stacey of Grand Bank is a journeyman pipefitter and pipe insulator, who travels back and forth between Newfoundland and Alberta for work. He’s been doing this since 2007, working […]

Two advocacy groups say the proposed Alberta Health Act will be a piece of “shell legislation” that will give politicians the power to privatize health care without any public debate. […]

EDMONTON – Medicare and labour groups want Alberta to shelve planned changes to laws that govern the province’s health-care system. The Friends of Medicare says the new Alberta Health Act […]

Friends of Medicare and the Alberta Federation of Labour are joining forces in an effort to derail the proposed Alberta Health Act, which is expected to be introduced this fall […]

Workers in Alberta can now look up the health and safety record of their employers online, but critics aren’t convinced the information tells the full story. The government launched the […]

A group of Edmonton janitors is suing a cleaning company for $42,435 over allegations that overtime money is being held back and that they have been threatened with deportation. The […]

Alberta’s employment ministry is heralding a new website that tracks company-specific fatalities and workers’ compensation claims, but already the opposition says not enough information is being disclosed. Thomas Lukaszuk, the […]

EDMONTON – Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk has unveiled a new workplace safety website that allows many Albertans to see basic information about how many injuries and deaths have happened at […]

The province wants Albertans to know how many injuries or deaths have happened at their workplace. To that end, it’s launching a website Thursday to make the stats more available. […]

EDMONTON – A labour group is accusing Alberta of boosting spending on public relations while cutting spending on environmental monitoring. The Alberta Federation of Labour says since 2003 the provincial […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour says spending on public-sector monitoring of the environment has dropped precipitously in the years that investment in oilsands developments has rocketed. Their analysis […]

Alberta gained more full-time jobs in August, but its unemployment rate nudged up 0.2 percentage points in August to 6.5 per cent, seasonally adjusted figures from Statistics Canada showed Friday. […]

The latest unemployment numbers were released Friday. Statistics Canada reports Alberta’s jobless rate rose from 6.3 per cent to 6.5 per cent, well below the national average of 8.1 per […]

After a mid-summer improvement, Alberta’s jobless rate increased during August. At 6.5 per cent – up from 6.3 per cent in July – it remains lower than the nation’s 8.1 […]

EDMONTON – For the first time in years, John Sampson has job-related benefits. “I haven’t had new glasses in over five years. I need bifocals,” he said. Sampson, a welder […]

The provincial government is investing $850,000 to help temporary foreign workers adjust to life in Alberta while reviewing the federal program’s effectiveness, Alberta’s labour boss said Friday. Alberta’s Employment and […]

Labour Day, a day meant to celebrate the economic and social achievement of workers. Now there is word new rules may be added to protect them. On the spot fines […]

While the province moves to reform the temporary foreign worker program, the Alberta Federation of Labour says scrap it. The labour group says the program is failing foreign workers and […]

When Statistics Canada figures are released later this week, they’re expected to show nearly 1.5 million people are out of work across the country. In Edmonton on Monday, the number […]

CALGARY – Alberta Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk said today the levying of workplace safety charges in the death of an employee at an oilsands tailings pond shows the province is […]

CALGARY – Alberta is taking advantage of an economic lull to examine how a flood of temporary foreign workers has affected the province and how to prepare for the next […]