Tag: agricultural workers
September 2010: Say no to private health care; reforming broken revenue system; McKesson strike over; Canada Malting workers on strike in Calgary
Say ‘No’ to private health care! At 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 10, those who value public health care can join a rally organized by Friends of Medicare at the […]
Read more »August 2010: New website; AB sheds jobs; Workers still at risk; Farm Workers at risk; Next Up Alberta
Welcome to our new website The Alberta Federation of Labour has a new website and is now on Facebook and Twitter. We’d really like you check out the site (let […]
Read more »Alberta government heads down dangerous path with farm-worker discrimination
Excluding farm workers from workplace protections a legal minefield – allows unsafe work to continue Edmonton – Reports that the Conservative government is likely to ignore an Alberta judge’s recommendations […]
Read more »Farm fatalities fall to 13 in 2009: Industry awaits word on changes to safety rules
Thirteen Albertans died of farm-related injuries last year, including a six-year-old boy who was kicked in the head by a horse and a 76-year-old woman who was crushed by a […]
Read more »March 2009: Rights for farm workers; Health and safety postcard campaign; Project 2012 Booklet; Save the Wheat Board
Rights for Farm Workers! The AFL is joining with UFCW Canada in a campaign to include farm workers in Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. The campaign is a result […]
Read more »End the Harvest of Death: Farmworkers deserve safety protection
On June 18, 2006, Kevan Chandler went to work, as usual, as a farm worker at the local feed mill. He never made it home again that day. While cleaning […]
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 »Recent deaths raise question of workplace safety: Complaints to province have ‘fallen upon deaf ears,’ victim’s wife says
EDMONTON – Not even two years after Lorna Chandler’s husband was crushed in a grain silo at a feedlot near High River, one of his employers also died in a […]
Read more »Alta. Liberals press for farm labour standards
Alberta’s provincial opposition is calling for the province’s labour standards code and job safety legislation to include farm workers. Liberal Leader Kevin Taft on Monday called for the Stelmach government […]
Read more »Farm death sparks call for action
The provincial government came under fire in the legislature Wednesday for its lack of workplace safety laws for farm workers, the day after a feedlot owner fell from a silo […]
Read more »Labour urges Minister to extend full rights to farmworkers in Alberta
The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) today urged Employment, Immigration and Industry Minister Iris Evans to extend basic employment rights and protections to Alberta farmworkers. In a letter to the […]
Read more »Farm fatality proves need to include protection of farmworkers in all labour legislation
The death of Kevan Chandler in a farm accident near Black Diamond, Alberta that left his wife, Lorna, and two young children in dire financial straits tragically illustrates the need […]
Read more »2005 End the Drought Farmworkers Campaign Launch
Speech by Gil McGowanAt “End the Drought!” Campaign LaunchCalgary, August 20, 2005 Good morning. My name is Gil McGowan and I’m president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. For those […]
Read more »End the Drought! Legal Protection for Farm Workers Now!
CALGARY-The Alberta Federation of Labour marked the first Alberta Farm Worker Day by announcing a strategy to pressure the Alberta government to include farm workers in the basic employment protections […]
Read more »Migrant Agricultural Workers in Alberta (2003)
Migrant Agricultural Workers in America (2003) Policy paper adopted at 2003 AFL Convention, May 1 – 4, 2003
Read more »Alberta must revise labour law to grant agricultural workers the right to join unions
EDMONTON – In light of yesterday’s ground-breaking Supreme Court ruling on the rights of farm workers, the Alberta government should move quickly to revise its labour laws to give agricultural […]
Read more »Alberta to form farm safety advisory body
A provincially-backed farm safety council is expected to find ways to reduce the number of on-farm injuries in Alberta without adding more rules or more costs. The Alberta government on […]
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