Tag: AFL in the News
The Flu, you & your job
The Alberta Federation of Labour wants an emergency meeting with Employment Minister Hector Goudreau to push for changes in legislation to protect workers who follow medical advice and stay home […]
Read more »Residents in Alberta’s smaller centres want better access to H1N1 vaccine
EDMONTON – Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert said today hospital emergency wards and medical clinics are experiencing an increase in patients and inquires connected to H1N1 concerns. The influx is […]
Read more »Workers with no benefits debate staying home sick
Alberta needs legal protection for workers who don’t have sick leave benefits but are being urged to stay home if they’re not feeling well, particularly in flu season. Health professionals […]
Read more »Alberta PCs will be under pressure at Red Deer Convention
Pressure will be on delegates at Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party convention in Red Deer on Nov. 7 to halt the province’s funding cuts to health care, education and other social […]
Read more »AUPE names activist to top post
EDMONTON – Faced with the “almighty task” of leading Alberta’s largest civil service union through some of the toughest challenges it has faced in nearly two decades, Guy Smith will […]
Read more »Alberta government extends bitumen royalty in kind program by two years
CALGARY _ If anyone wants to see Alberta´s oilsands upgrading industry get a boost from the government as quickly as possible, it´s businesses in Alberta´s industrial heartland, just outside Edmonton. […]
Read more »Alberta Premier to reveal budget plans over airwaves: Stelmach’s pre-taped speech will address strategy for balancing finances in timely fashion and touch on health care and seniors
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach will take to the airwaves this week to deliver a plan to return the ailing province to a balanced budget in a “reasonable period of time.” […]
Read more »Spin-Off And Sale Of Epcor Assets Stand: Union group loses their bid to shut down deal as judge rules in favour of city council
The mayor and city councillors acted legally when they privately approved the sale of Epcor shares in April, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench announced Friday, Sept. 25. The court […]
Read more »Alberta’s oil hangover
In Fort McMurray, it’s been a bad year for the cocaine and snowmobile dealers but boom times for the repo companies; thousands of oil sands workers are returning to places […]
Read more »Unions lose court battle over EPCOR
It’s back to the drawing board, for the unions challenging the city’s decision to split up EPCOR. The Alberta Federation of Labour, along with two other city unions took the […]
Read more »New Brunswick protest targets Alberta-based Integral Energy Service
More than 100 construction workers with an Alberta company have returned from New Brunswick, after becoming the target of angry protests by local trade unions. The workers were in the […]
Read more »Capital Power Spinoff Challenged In Court
Three labour unions challenged city council’s private approval of a multi-billion-dollar deal involving Epcor shares at the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench last week. The Alberta Federation of Labour, with […]
Read more »Angry demonstrations in New Brunswick target Alberta workers
Albertans, go home. That’s the message about 100 Alberta tradesmen got from furious locals in St. John, N.B., this week, who have been staging angry demonstrations against out-of-province workers. It’s […]
Read more »Alberta NDP to vote on vote-splitting resolution
EDMONTON – They carry little cocktail umbrellas to symbolize bringing people together under one roof. And on Sunday a group that advocates co-operating with the other opposition parties to take […]
Read more »Unions challenge legality of Epcor spinoff
EDMONTON – The controversial Epcor deal was brought back to court Friday with a coalition of union groups arguing for a judge in the Court of Queen’s Bench to review […]
Read more »Labour groups take EPCOR to court
A trio of labour groups took EPCOR to court today to challenge the sale of the company’s publicly owned power generation assets. The Alberta Federation of Labour, the Canadian Union […]
Read more »EPCOR debate goes to court
The law courts are the scene of a legal showdown over EPCOR today. Union groups are trying to convince a Court of Queen’s Bench judge that the city had no […]
Read more »Legality of EPCOR privatization in court
It’ll be a long day at court tomorrow as the City of Edmonton, EPCOR and various labour unions argue whether or not the decision to privatize EPCOR’s power generation assets […]
Read more »Privatization of EPCOR’s power generation challenged
The Alberta Federation of Labour and the city’s two largest unions will be in an Edmonton courtroom on Friday. They’ll be arguing that the privatization of EPCOR’s power generation should […]
Read more »Capital Power Plant Acquisition Challenged by Alberta Unions
Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — Capital Power Corp.‘s purchase of electricity-generating plants from the City of Edmonton, which led to a C$500 million ($463 million) initial share sale in June, is […]
Read more »Labour groups say council broke law
Several labour groups allege Edmonton city council broke the law when it voted behind closed doors to sell off some publicly owned assets. Lawyers for the groups will be in […]
Read more »EI works against Alberta, says report: Inequitable system called ‘perverse’
As the ranks of the unemployed in the province continue to swell, a new report suggests Alberta’s workers are hit by an employment insurance double whammy: working longer hours to […]
Read more »Safeway blockade deemed ‘unlawful’: Labour board issues restrictions on picketing workers at distribution plant
Numerous trucks and employee vehicles were kept out of the Safeway distribution centre by striking workers on Labour Day, an act the Alberta Labour Relations Board deemed “unlawful” late Monday […]
Read more »Coalition files lawsuit over Enbridge pipeline
True to their word, an environmental coalition has filed suit in California challenging the recent U.S. presidential permit granted to a controversial pipeline running from Alberta across the Canada-U.S. border […]
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