Tag: agricultural workers

Here are answers to frequently asked questions about Bill 6 – Enhanced Protection of Farm and Ranch Workers Act

More than 50,000 Albertans work in the agricultural sector. They account for 2.6 per cent of our workforce — and until this legislation was introduced, they had few legal protections […]

“The inclusion of agricultural workers in Alberta’s workplace laws is a victory for all workers” Edmonton – Alberta’s largest labour organization is celebrating the comprehensive inclusion of agricultural workers and […]

Despite years of promises, agricultural workers still excluded from provincial health and safety legislation

Despite promises of reform, province’s agricultural workers are excluded from employment standards Calgary – As agricultural workers mark the province’s tenth annual Farm Workers Day, Alberta remains the only place […]

2014 Executive Summary AFL Submision on Employment Standards Review

Jobs Minister floats suggestion to increase scope of jobs that 12-year-olds can be hired into Edmonton – Alberta’s largest worker organization is asking the province to take the expansion of […]

Federation of Labour Reminds Premier of Her Promise to Improve Farm Safety Regulations Edmonton – Farm workers deserve straight answers as to why Alison Redford has not fulfilled her promise […]

Seeds of reform fail to germinate when report omits update to Occupational Health and Safety Act Edmonton – Workers in Alberta’s agriculture sector deserve better says the Alberta Federation of […]

A leaked draft of a farm safety report is drawing new attention to a black hole in Alberta’s labour legislation: Farm workers on traditional farms continue to be the only […]

Dan Urban has been farming just west of Innisfail for years without a serious injury of any kind. Still, he knows he can’t let his guard down for a second. […]

Re: “Voluntary safety rules for farms ineffective, experts say,” Sept. 18. It is hard to describe how disheartening, how damaging, how dreadful it must be for farm workers and their […]

Literally everybody – and that includes Alberta Premier Alison Redford – knows that permitting an industry to “voluntarily” self-regulate the health and safety of its own workers amounts to a […]

Ltr to Premier Redford to remain steadfast on commitment to protect farm workers

AFL urges Premier to remain steadfast on commitment to protect farm workers Status quo with respect to farm safety is simply not good enough, writes McGowan EDMONTON – Gil McGowan, […]

New farm safety rules ‘useless’ Experts hit out at voluntary certifications A provincially funded research body says a leaked proposal for voluntary safety certification of Alberta’s agriculture industry won’t curb […]

Two-Tier Minimum Wage lberta’s poorly written two-tier minimum wage system is open to abuse by employers who are taking advantage of these laws to rip off the lowest-paid workers in […]

Lack of protection for Alberta farm workers was highlighted Aug. 20 by Alberta’s New Democrats and the Alberta Federation of Labour. The two groups used the occasion of the AFL-designated […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) says the government’s decision to withhold information on farm fatalities is an attempt to move the issue to the back burner and off the […]

Liberal MLA David Swann has called on one snack food company to stop using Alberta-produced potatoes, as child labour in the province’s industry remains unregulated. In Alberta, one member of […]

Government accused of ignoring farm workers’ rights The Alberta government’s failure to post its annual report of farm work-related fatalities has brought allegations from the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) […]

Province should give farm workers occupational safeguards The province was called upon again this week to give Alberta farm workers the same protections as those in other occupations, and in […]

Union says workers unprotected The Alberta Federation of Labour is criticizing the provincial government for no longer reporting farm fatalities. The federation says the move is an example of how […]

The Alberta government has stopped reporting farm fatalities and labour groups are asking why. “This year when we went to find out how many people had died, because we try […]