Tag: AFL in the News
Alberta still feeling recession’s impacts ‘unnecessarily’
The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is expressing frustration over the province’s “ongoing jobs crisis” while the rest of Canada experiences increases in full-time employment. Alberta’s unemployment rate in June […]
Read more »A summit when police were praised
Would you believe that after the G8 meeting held near Calgary in 2002 the Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow complimented the city police on their approach to political activists who […]
Read more »Reforming Canada’s Pension Plan
Only thirty-three percent of Albertans are covered by a workplace pension plan, a rate below the national average. And with the number of retirees set to spike as the baby […]
Read more »The boom’s cruel legacy: Job-related fatalities hit a 26-year high during Alberta’s last oil-fuelled boom, when workers flooded into the province. As the recession fades and employment re…
Globetrotter Darina Valentik died in the path of a slow-moving railcar.Teenager Joel Balfour was killed when a backhoe bucket struck him in the head. Baker Donna Noonan died after tripping […]
Read more »Naming names: Alberta’s employment ministry vows to identify the worst safety performers, but behind the scenes, the province is still fighting to keep this information secret
This year, about 1,900 Alberta employers have been flagged with substandard safety records, a figure that’s surged by a third in the past 10 years. Nearly 300 have been on […]
Read more »Major labour shortage predicted for oilpatch by 2014
CALGARY – Canada’s oilpatch may once again be a magnet for workers from across the country and around the world, an economist said Monday after a study predicted a major […]
Read more »Head of Alberta Federation of Labour says foreign workers exploited
There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada […]
Read more »Temporary foreign worker numbers soar
There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly-released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada show […]
Read more »Track injuries better, deal with problem employers: Alberta opposition: Province comes under fire following mistakes in auditor general’s report
Opposition parties are calling on the Alberta government to do a better job of tracking and dealing with employers that fail to meet health and safety standards. Merwan Saher, the […]
Read more »Gov’t gains critical support for CPP hike: Alberta among minority of provinces opposed to higher premiums
Federal and provincial finance ministers have rallied around a mandatory, modest and gradual expansion of the Canada Pension Plan as the best route for fattening Canadians’ retirement incomes. Finance Minister […]
Read more »Alberta labour group questions CPP plans
One Alberta labour group says it doesn’t believe the provincial finance minister when it comes to CPP. In a letter published in a Charlottetown newspaper Sunday, Gil McGowan with the […]
Read more »Albertans want pension reform’: labour leader
Albertans want pension reform, despite what the province’s finance minister might say, according to the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. On Sunday, Gil McGowan wrote a letter that […]
Read more »Alberta labour group calls for end to temporary foreign workers program
CALGARY — Fraud charges against a Calgary woman who headed a group for foreign workers have the Alberta Federation of Labour calling on the government to scrap the Temporary Foreign […]
Read more »No charges in forklift death
Two years after his death, provincial workplace health and safety inspectors have decided not to pursue charges in the death of local teen Mitchell Tanner. Tanner was killed on June […]
Read more »No charges in death of Alta. teen crushed by forklift
There will be no charges in the death of a 16-year-old Alberta teenager who was crushed by a forklift two years ago. The 16-year-old boy was working his second shift […]
Read more »No charges to be laid in Rona forklift accident
It’s been two years since the tragic death of a 16 year old St. Albert boy involved in a forklift accident at St. Albert’s RONA Store. Occupational Health and Safety […]
Read more »No charges in forklift accident that killed Alberta teen working at lumber yard
There will be no charges in the death of an Alberta teenager who was crushed by a forklift at a lumber yard where he was working. Mitchell Tanner, who was […]
Read more »Alberta government doing poor job of enforcing safety regulations: auditor general
The Alberta government is doing a poor job of enforcing safety regulations on employers who ignore the rules and force their workers to face a significantly higher risk of injury. […]
Read more »Stelmach Tories bet on long-term with North West upgrader announcement: Current markets see more bitumen exported
The Stelmach government is forging ahead with an upgrader partnership designed to process more oilsands in Alberta at a time when market forces are working against their goal and the […]
Read more »Western premiers ink deal to tumble trade barriers: Provinces to pool drug purchases, int’l marketing plans
EDMONTON – Canada’s three westernmost provinces signed a wide-ranging deal Friday that will apply to everything from trade, investment and labour mobility to international marketing. The New West Partnership creates […]
Read more »Provincial pact makes for ‘economic powerhouse’
Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan have come together to form an alliance they say will make Western Canada an “economic powerhouse.”The three provinces signed the New West Partnership in Regina […]
Read more »Government slammed at memorial
Workers that have been killed or injured on the job were honoured yesterday at city hall as a National Day of Mourning was observed in their name. Labour unions and […]
Read more »Workplace injury rate at an all-time low: Number of deaths on the job plunge to 110 in 2009
Workplace injuries were at a record low in the province last year but there’s still a long way to go, Minister of Employment and Immigration Thomas Lukaszuk said. “No matter […]
Read more »Alberta workplace injuries hit record low, says province
Workplace injuries have hit a record low in Alberta, the province said Wednesday as labour groups demanded more action to protect employees. “Alberta today is at a 19-year low relative […]
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