Tag: AFL in the News

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 […]

The provincial government is giving $850,000 to agencies that provide services for temporary foreign workers as they adjust to life in Alberta. Dennis Salvador arrived in Canada two years ago. […]

Alberta workplace safety records will be made public as early as September, vows the province’s employment minister. Thomas Lukaszuk said the public database will contain the records of most employers […]

Alberta could be facing an extended period of low natural gas prices that will have an adverse effect on the province’s finances for the foreseeable future, Finance Minister Ted Morton […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour is commending Alberta’s labour minister for suspending two immigration programs it says were being used inappropriately to fill job gaps. Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister […]

Faced with a drop in demand for labour in the province, the Alberta government has suspended a pair of programs meant to fast-track immigration applications for foreign workers. The province […]

EDMONTON – A freeze on public-sector hiring may be a key reason Edmonton’s unemployment rate is higher than the rest of the province, says Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas […]

EDMONTON – A union boss says the province’s plan to publicly post safety records for all Alberta companies starting this September may fall well short of telling people whether or […]

Alberta’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is the only board in Canada that pays bonuses to staff as an incentive to trim their caseloads, according to the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

Alberta is the only province where Workers’ Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work — and must discontinue these “immoral” incentives, […]

CALGARY – Alberta is the only province where Workers Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work – and must discontinue these […]

EDMONTON – Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is no longer working for Alberta, the province’s employment and immigration minister said Tuesday. “In my opinion, it was a program that had […]

“Refine it Where We Mine it”, a public campaign advocating for more Alberta upgraders, is pushing the province to process more Alberta oil here at home. The partnership of municipalities […]

News of a jump in the jobless rate has the Alberta Federation of Labour calling for a provincial stimulus plan, after numbers released indicate our jobless rate went up slightly […]