Tag: Jobs and Economy
2013 Factsheet: Job Vacancy Numbers Released Today
The number of unemployed Canadians outnumbers the number of vacant jobs in Canada. So why are employers bringing in tens of thousands of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW)? 2013 Factsheet: Job […]
Read more »2013 Ltr to Lukaszuk and Hancock re Canada Jobs Grant
2013 Ltr to Lukaszuk and Hancock re Canada Jobs Grant
Read more »Federal job training plan bad for Alberta
Canada Jobs Grant will take from the poor, to give to the rich Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is asking Premier Alison Redford to refuse the Canada […]
Read more »Money Talks, Thanks For Listening
Wealthy Canadians Praise PM’s Promotion of Plutocracy Calgary – Policies that are gutting the Canadian middle class are awesome, according to the nation’s ostentatiously wealthy. At a rally at 1:00 […]
Read more »Federal government tightens Temporary Foreign Workers program
Putting local job seekers first in line, but labour union says changes not enough Employers looking to hire temporary foreign workers will now have to first secure a Labour Market […]
Read more »Pipeline plans defended on last day of hearings
The provincial government’s demand that Northern Gateway conduct full-scale unannounced marine emergency response drills is not practical, the pipeline company said in its final argument on Monday. Northern Gateway lawyer […]
Read more »June 2013: Free Workshop FOIP; Boycott i-Hotel and Edm Hotel & Conv. Centre; Act now on Bill C-377; Bill C-525: Another Tory attempt to undermine unions; Supreme Court sides with workers …
URGENT ACTION Free Workshop on Access to Information on Friday, June 28 The Alberta Federation of Labour will host a “Lunch and Learn” workshop covering the basics of Alberta’s Freedom […]
Read more »Northern Gateway’s biggest risk to Canada is not approving pipeline: Enbridge
TERRACE, B.C. — Enbridge Inc. shot back at critics of its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Monday, arguing the project is making enormous and costly commitments to avoid accidents and that […]
Read more »Oil sands jobs should stay in Canada, not be shipped to China
AFL to make final arguments against Northern Gateway Pipeline EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour is making the case that the Northern Gateway Pipeline is not in the best […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour makes case against Gateway
The Alberta Federation of Labour gave its final arguments against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline on Monday, begging the joint review panel to reject the project. At a hearing in […]
Read more »May 2013: Alberta embracing The Better Way Campaign; 19th Annual Kids’ Camp; AFL wins battle in fight against exploitation of Temporary Foreign Workers; Convention videos online at AFL Yo…
Urgent Action: Alberta embracing The Better Way Campaign Since April 1, moviegoers all over Alberta have been getting a message on the Better Way Alberta campaign. The message, in which […]
Read more »Foreign Temp Workers Changes Not Enough: Labour Leaders
Two federal ministers yesterday jointly announced changes in the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including a “temporary suspension” of the Accelerated Labour Market Opinion program criticized by labour leaders. But […]
Read more »Federal government will close wage gap for temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA — Changes to the ailing temporary foreign worker program unveiled Monday are little more than an admission of error and fall short of the massive overhaul the Conservative government […]
Read more »Businesses being given temporary foreign worker permits regardless of economic need
8,600 jobs lost in 2010, but government approves whopping 22,992 TFW positions Edmonton – Over the past four years, Alberta has brought in thousands more temporary foreign workers (TFWs) than […]
Read more »Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Conservative government must fix what it broke
Unions and migrant workers’ advocacy groups warned Human Resources Minister Diane Finley of potential for abuse. Last year the government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)Temporary Foreign […]
Read more »Pipeline Economics: The dollars & cents of the energy export debate
When Alberta’s oil sands started being commercially developed almost 50 years ago, the biggest challenge for companies was finding cost-effective production technologies. Producers such as Sun Oil Company (now Suncor […]
Read more »Doing the Heavy Lifting
Canada’s temporary foreign workers vulnerable to exploitation OTTAWA—José Sicajau, a Guatemalan man of Indigenous descent, had grown accustomed to exploitative conditions after several years as a Temporary Foreign Worker growing […]
Read more »Alberta town would be ‘shut down’ without foreign workers
After news of RBC’s outsourcing of jobs caused a nationwide outcry, one small Alberta town said it depends on foreign workers to fill jobs that Canadians refuse. In Rocky Mountain […]
Read more »Fast-food chains abusing foreign workers program, says labour leader
Program intended to address shortages in high-skill jobs A federal program intended to fast-track skilled workers into Canada is instead being used by a “who’s who” of fast-food chains and […]
Read more »Who hires temporary foreign workers? You’d be surprised
Todd Bender doesn’t seem like he’d be in the market for temporary foreign workers: He’s executive director of CityKidz, a faith-driven group working with young people in inner-city Hamilton. His […]
Read more »Federal program being misused?
The controversy over the outsourcing of dozens of Canadian jobs by the Royal Bank of Canada has put the spotlight on the much bigger issue of how Canada’s Temporary Foreign […]
Read more »Tories looking at review of foreign worker program
OTTAWA—The federal government is investigating the possible abuse of the temporary foreign workers hiring program by Canadian companies and is expected to overhaul it to put greater onus on businesses […]
Read more »RBC iGate scandal: Ottawa urged to publicize Canadian employers using foreign temps
The RBC scandal is the “tip of the iceberg,” a unionist says; taxpayers have a right to know who’s benefiting and where the real labour shortages are. The RBC scandal […]
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