Tag: Jobs and Economy
Year-end labour force numbers show Albertans are still hurting as province begins to emerge from recession
Recovery could be smothered in its infancy by provincial budget and job cuts, warns AFL Year-end employment figures released this morning by Statistics Canada paint a picture of an Alberta […]
Read more »AFL says Evans was wearing “rose-coloured glasses”
EDMONTON – As the latest employment figures were released Friday, government critics suggest Finance Minister Iris Evans was looking through “rose-coloured glasses” last year when she predicted just 15,000 Albertans […]
Read more »Job gains mostly part-time: Only 200 new full-time Alberta jobs in October, out of 12,600 created
Alberta’s unemployment rate edged down to 7.4 per cent in November as 12,800 people found jobs –the largest monthly increase since October 2008. The provincial jobless rate dropped 0.1 percentage […]
Read more »What’s happened to the full-time jobs? asks AFL in wake of latest job figures
Labour leader in Calgary today to talk to Alberta manufacturing workers, one of the groups hardest hit by recession Please note that, due to weather conditions in Alberta today, Gil […]
Read more »MLAs freeze wages again, but Tories reject pay review
MLA wages will be frozen for a second straight year but an all-party committee– dominated by Tories–has rejected a proposal to strike up an independent panel to review politicians’ pay […]
Read more »Government case of $2 billion in cuts is a shaky one: Cutting jobs and services isn’t justified by the numbers and will inflict further pain on a labour force that’s already hurting
The president of Alberta’s largest union advocacy organization is baffled as to why the Stelmach government seems determined to cut public sector jobs and services even though the province’s fiscal […]
Read more »Stelmach questions attitudes of victims of the recession
Premier Ed Stelmach is in hot water after suggesting some of those who lost their jobs in this recession need to change their attitudes. The comments came as the premier […]
Read more »Stelmach questions employability of unskilled workers
Premier Ed Stelmach speaks during an evening rally at the Capri Hotel in Red Deer, AB on November 6, 2009 during the Alberta PC party convention. (Jordan Verlage/Sun Media) The […]
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 »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 »Labour leaders say Employment Insurance rules unfair for Albertans
The Alberta Federation of Labour is slamming the federal government for shortchanging Albertans when it comes to EI benefits. Gil McGowan says Albertans have to work more hours to qualify […]
Read more »Gov’ts doing bad job helping people: unions
CALGARY — Union leaders marking Labour Day with a downtown barbecue lamented the recession’s toll on Alberta’s workforce. And they accused the federal government of shortchanging the province’s residents by […]
Read more »Union group says Albertans short-changed on EI
On this Labour Day, one of Alberta’s largest union groups is adding its voice to calls to shorten wait times for employment insurance benefits in the province. The Alberta Federation […]
Read more »Report suggests Canada’s employment insurance system is failing
A new report suggests Canada’s employment insurance program is failing jobless Albertans the most. The Alberta Federation of Labour in partnership with the Calgary and Edmonton labour councils, say Alberta’s […]
Read more »Alberta labour federation says the province gets a raw deal on E-I benefits
EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour has released an analysis that supports its push to shorten waiting times for federal Employment Insurance benefits in Alberta. The labour group says […]
Read more »EI Failing Albertans in Time of Crisis
New Analysis of EI Reveals Serious Shortcomings The Alberta Federation of Labour, in partnership with the Calgary and Edmonton Labour Councils, has released a new analysis (EI: It Should Be […]
Read more »EI: It should be there when you need it! (An Analysis of Employment Insurance in Alberta)
EI: It should be there when you need it! (An Analysis of Employment Insurance in Alberta) As the current recession continues, Canadians across the country are discovering that their insurance […]
Read more »Green jobs blooming in skilled trades: Wind farms and retrofits spell work opportunity
So-called “green jobs” are growing at more than twice the rate of traditional jobs in Canada–9.1 per cent over the last decade compared with the average of 3.7 per cent–but […]
Read more »Employment Insolence in Ottawa: Politicians should stop obsessing with power play as Canadians lose jobs
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s finger was back on the trigger again last week, threatening Prime Minister Stephen Harper with toppling the Tory minority government. In other words, same song, different […]
Read more »Economists predict more job losses to come, after July figures worse than anticipated
Alberta’s jobless toll may be the highest in 13 years, but the worst is yet to come as companies continue to cut workers during a deep recession, say economists. Alberta’s […]
Read more »Dramatic jump in Alberta jobless rate underlines need for much quicker action on EI reform, says AFL
Premiers should demand an end to federal dithering on efforts to fix Canada’s broken unemployment insurance system, says labour leaders REGINA-As Alberta’s unemployment rate soars to levels not seen since […]
Read more »Labour groups say premiers need to demand Ottawa fix EI to help jobless
REGINA – Labour groups from across the country say Canada’s premiers need to pressure Ottawa to change the employment insurance system.The Canadian Labour Congress says new job numbers show the […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour calling for changes
The Alberta Federation of Labour is calling for changes to the Employment Insurance Program following the latest jobless numbers. The stats, which were released this morning, show Canada’s jobless rate […]
Read more »Suncor CEO plans speedy streamlining
CALGARY – Suncor expects to move quickly to complete its merger with Petro-Canada and trim overlap between the two companies, its newly minted CEO said Tuesday. That includes addressing the […]
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