Tag: AFL in the News
Alberta’s deficit budget earns praise from contractors, skepticism from unions
In its first deficit budget in 16 years, the Alberta government anticipates dipping $4.7 billion into debt in an attempt to keep Albertans working through the recession. Central to the […]
Read more »Layoffs at Petro Canada come as no surprise to labour group
The Alberta Federation of Labour is disappointed, but not surprised that two hundred full time Petro Canada employees have been laid off.President Gil McGowan says it can be blamed on […]
Read more »Kenney defends foreign worker policies
Union leaders questioning the entry of foreign workers into Canada are potentially inciting public opinion against newcomers, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said yesterday. The statements angered Alberta Federation of Labour […]
Read more »Group slam foreign worker program
Alberta’s temporary foreign worker program has no oversight and is mired in so much bureaucracy that employers are allowed to treat hopeful immigrants like indentured labour. That’s what a federal […]
Read more »Alberta minimum wage up: NWT stays
The minimum wage in Alberta is going up on April 1 from $8 per hour to $8.40. The Alberta government has put in place a system where the minimum wage […]
Read more »Decision on layoffs may take six months following mega-merger: Workers ‘confused’
Workers at Petro-Canada and Suncor won’t know until late summer or fall how the promised layoffs will affect the merged company, or how many jobs will be cut in the […]
Read more »170 layoffs at maker of oilpatch housing: Slowdown, oilsands delays blamed
The economic downturn in the energy sector claimed another 170 jobs Monday at two Edmonton-area plants. PTI Group Inc. laid off workers at its west-Edmonton and Nisku locations, said Ken […]
Read more »Bill cutting trade barriers puts too much power in gov’t hands: critics
It has been called Alberta’s ticket to becoming part of Canada’s second-largest economic region. But whatever politicians want to call Bill 18, it officially ushers in Alberta’s trade partnership with […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour comments on jobless numbers
The Alberta Federation of Labour says the increased unemployment rate in Alberta last month only confirms that the province is not going to escape the economic downturn unscathed. President Gil […]
Read more »Stop the carnage, AFL says after job losses: Alberta job loss more than 29,000 so far this year; minister predicted 15,000
EDMONTON – An Alberta labour group is calling for the province to come up with a new stimulus plan for the economy after news Friday that 23,700 people were thrown […]
Read more »Foreign workers in Alta. face uncertain fate
EDMONTON – The number of temporary foreign workers in Alberta doubled during the last two years of the boom to reach 57,843 – more than the population of Grande Prairie, […]
Read more »Industry says implementation of oilsands strategy will be key
The province said its oilsands strategic plan announced Thursday will benefit both industry and the environment, while sending a message to the world that Alberta’s economic engine isn’t going to […]
Read more »Oil sands layoffs coming down pipeline; The impact of reduced captial spending budgets is beginning to make itself felt in service providers
CALGARY — The big retreat from plans to expand oil sands projects has begun to show up in job losses and declines in expected corporate revenue. Flint Energy Services Ltd. […]
Read more »Alberta and B.C. labour unions demand changes to temporary foreign worker program
Unions in B.C. and Alberta are demanding changes be made to the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program to allow for permanent residency. However, this pathway to citizenship has already been […]
Read more »Plunging oil prices to have spillover effects onto rest of Canada
CALGARY – The effects of plunging oil prices on Alberta’s once red hot economy will stretch well beyond the oil laden province’s boundaries, touching everything from Ontario steel pipe producers […]
Read more »Employer charged after rape of worker: Guard sexually assaulted while alone on job site
A private security company has been charged with failing to ensure the safety of a female employee who was raped while working alone two years ago. Garda Canada Security Corp. […]
Read more »Keeping teenagers alive on the job: Provincial ad campaign emphasizes workplace safety
EDMONTON – For 16-year-old Mitchell Tanner, last summer’s full-time gig at Rona was the real deal. “Mitchie had had jobs before, but this was his first actual job,’” said Marjorie […]
Read more »Alberta students taking workplace safety ads to heart
Jason Reid covered his face as he heard the bone cracking and saw the leg breaking at the ankle. The worker-safety video may be a dramatization, but it was based […]
Read more »Unions rap safety campaign
A labour group is giving Alberta’s video campaign aimed at reducing injuries among young workers the thumbs down. The $850,000 campaign features six graphic videos of young workers getting hurt […]
Read more »Alberta young worker safety videos don’t address training, supervision: unions
EDMONTON – A labour group is giving Alberta’s gory video campaign aimed at reducing injuries among young workers the thumbs down. The $850,000 government campaign features six graphic videos of […]
Read more »Inquiry to examine farm safety: Wife has pushed for review of 2006 death
An inquiry into the death of a man killed while working on a farm two years ago will open today — a hearing labour officials hope will highlight the “deeply […]
Read more »Tory minority government means few changes for construction industry, associations say
The return of a Tory minority government to Ottawa does not mean much of anything new for construction, say some industry officials. “Things have not changed that much,” said Michael […]
Read more »Lots Of Talk, Not A Lot Of Decisions: The annual Alberta Liberal convention revealed a party still reluctant to act boldly
It was a tale of two parties last weekend as supporters of both the Alberta Progressive Conservatives and Liberals gathered for their annual general meeting and conventions. As Ed Stelmach […]
Read more »Labour groups critical of Harper’s oilsands comments
Recent election promises by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper focusing on oilsands irritated two labour groups fighting for Canadian job, and energy, security. Both the national Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) […]
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