Tag: Health Care

The Alberta Federation of Labour, the province’s largest labour organization, responded to the Supreme Court decision on health care today by urging governments to focus on the real problem, and […]

Inuvik, NT – Federation of Labour Presidents from across Western Canada and the Territories have arrived in Inuvik, NT to make their views clear to the Premiers of the 4 […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour responded to the government health care plan today by noting that the real plan is being held under wraps until after the next provincial election, […]

Premier Ralph Klein is up to his old tricks. Once again, he’s trying to convince Albertans that Medicare is unsustainable and that the only way to “save” the system is […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour reacted with disappointment early today after the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed with a case against the Labour […]

If you were in Edmonton during the week or two before Christmas you can be forgiven for thinking that some miraculous change had transformed Alberta’s political landscape. The headlines in […]

AFL Year-end Message Looking ahead to the New Year, it’s clear the Labour movement will have a lot on its plate. New rules on drug and alcohol testing in the […]

Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, November 2003 Good morning. I probably don’t have to tell you that it has not been a banner year for labour […]

Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, October 2003 Good morning. It’s been 70 years since Alberta had a government that could even be loosely described as worker […]

EDMONTON – Alberta’s health care system could be thrown into chaos if the province’s nine regional health authorities are successful in their bid to force nurses into binding arbitration, says […]

Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, August 2003 (Oslo, Norway) Good morning and thank you for the warm welcome. As you’ve already heard, my name is Les […]

You have to hand it to the Klein Tories – they sure know how to spin a tall tale. Take the case of Bill 27, for example, their controversial new […]

The Other Competitive Advantage But the question needs to be asked whether public health care, public education and income security are also competitive advantages, for both employers and workers.

Les Steel, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, April 2003 As trade unionists we are currently living through a period that can best be described as schizophrenic. It’s a […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is responding angrily to regulations released yesterday that flesh-out the provincial government’s controversial new labour law, Bill 27. The regulations “trample on […]

EDMONTON – By ramming Bill 27 through the Legislature, the Alberta government has abandoned all pretence that it is an impartial third party when it comes to labour relations in […]

EDMONTON – Health care workers from seven different unions will rally at the Legislature over the lunch hour tomorrow to protest Bill 27, the government’s controversial amendment to the Alberta […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour and seven unions representing health care workers in the province have decided to launch a formal challenge to Bill 27, a bill to […]

EDMONTON – The leaders of unions representing health care workers in Alberta will meet tomorrow morning to discuss a new piece of provincial legislation that will strip the right-to-strike from […]

They blew it. In early February, our federal, provincial and territorial leaders had an historic opportunity to reform and reinvigorate Medicare. They had a chance to keep our health care […]

EDMONTON – The federal government’s decision to name Don Mazankowski as chair of a new national agency dealing with health care issues would be comical if it wasn’t so dangerous, […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour, representing more than 120,000 unionized workers from across the province, has expressed strong support for the key recommendations of the final report released […]

The Alberta Labour Relations Board is jeopardizing its fundamental need to be seen to be neutral on labour relations conflicts by its continued insistence upon assessing punitive damages against the […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour responded to the release of “Moving From Good to Great”, the final report of the Financial Management Commission, by pointing out it is just more […]