Tag: News Release
UCP considered cutting minimum wage for “economic recovery” – AFL
Wages of workers who earn tips were on chopping block during pandemic EDMONTON – The Alberta conservative government floated the idea of cutting the minimum wage in the middle of […]
Read more »AFL president joins the chorus of Albertans condemning the Alberta Sovereignty Act – AFL
McGowan also encourages Albertans not to forget about the awful Throne Speech EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan released a video today criticizing yesterday’s Throne Speech and […]
Read more »New ads poke fun at Danielle Smith’s obsession with issues that don’t matter to ordinary Albertans – AFL
Inflation, health care and jobs are more important than endless fights with Ottawa EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour launched the next phase of its Workers Demand Better campaign […]
Read more »“Use it before you lose it” – AFL
AFL urges school boards to implement temporary mask mandates EDMONTON – In a fiery letter to school boards around the province, Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan urged them […]
Read more »Union campaign aims to put worker issues front and center in upcoming provincial election – AFL
This election, workers demand better! CALGARY – Working people are Alberta’s greatest resource – and, now that all the political players are in place, the concerns and issues of workers […]
Read more »Is Smith trying to make unions and workplace health & safety disappear in Alberta? – AFL
What should we make of the UCP’s actions on key workplace laws? EDMONTON – In an Order-in-Council issued yesterday (O.C. 362/2022), the UCP cabinet failed to give any minister in […]
Read more »AFL reacts to Danielle Smith’s decision to abolish the Labour Ministry – AFL
“This shows that Smith doesn’t really care about Alberta workers,” says McGowan EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group says he’s shocked and disappointed that Premier Danielle […]
Read more »Ground-breaking report from Alberta unions urges province, energy industry to “Skate to Where the Puck is Going” by embracing job-rich energy future – AFL
/CALGARY – Today, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) released “Skate to Where the Puck is Going,” an industrial blueprint that re-imagines the province’s energy economy and offers a bold […]
Read more »Smith is the new team captain, but will she commit to using a new playbook for workers? – AFL
/EDMONTON – Now that she has won the UCP leadership race, Danielle Smith needs to come clean about her plans for things that matter to Alberta workers, says the president […]
Read more »Smith will have a big fight on her hands if she pushes ahead with plans to withdraw Alberta from CPP, warns AFL president – AFL
/EDMONTON – Danielle Smith will have a “very big fight on her hands” if she wins the United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership tomorrow and proceeds with efforts to withdraw Alberta […]
Read more »Press Release: As inflation remains high, Alberta unions call for an excess profits tax to discourage price gouging – AFL
/Workers need a break from higher prices, says Alberta Federation of Labour EDMONTON – With new data from Statistics Canada showing that rising prices for things like gasoline and food […]
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UCP remove the right of academics to choose their own collective bargaining representatives – AFL
/EDMONTON – Bill 17 represents yet another attack on Alberta postsecondary institutions by permanently removing the right of faculty and graduate students to choose their own bargaining agents in the […]
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“We need a revolution in public health and workplace safety to keep workers safe from COVID,” says AFL – AFL
/Third Day of Mourning under the shadow of the pandemic can be the last if we take action to make indoor environments safer CALGARY – Given the obvious failure of […]
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UCP lied to Albertans during consultations on their costly Alberta pension scheme – AFL
/Kenney’s Alberta pension scheme is ‘risky’ and ‘costly’ and he knows it EDMONTON – As Jason Kenney and the UCP appear ready to once again campaign for a duplicate Alberta […]
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More proof the UCP is determined to bring American-style health care to Alberta – AFL
/AFL calls on Albertans to join the fight to stop UCP from privatizing our health care EDMONTON – Firing Dr. Verna Yiu from Alberta Health Services to replace her with […]
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Alberta unions celebrate federal confidence-and-supply agreement with fingers crossed – AFL
/This is an example of democracy working at its best EDMONTON – Alberta unions are celebrating today’s historic agreement between the federal government and Canada’s NDP, saying it has the […]
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‘Conservative premiers will bring in American-style health care if we don’t stop them,’ say labour federation presidents – AFL
/Provincial labour federations join the plea to PM to invest and save Canada’s public health care EDMONTON – The presidents of provincial labour federations are putting pressure on the federal […]
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On International Women’s Day, the AFL calls on UCP government to ‘break the bias’ against women workers – AFL
/UCP legislation and cuts contribute to Alberta’s highest gender pay gap in Canada EDMONTON – This year’s International Women’s Day theme “break the bias” stands in contrast to the Kenney […]
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Show us the science, Premier Kenney, says AFL – AFL
/Politics, not public health, driving Kenney’s lifting of COVID protections EDMONTON – Premier Kenney’s lifting of almost all provincial COVID-19 public health protections today is too soon for our health […]
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UCP’s Budget 2022 shows failure to create good jobs for Alberta workers – AFL
/Workers and families left out of Kenney’s plan EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group says the UCP’s new “Alberta at Work” program doesn’t actually give Alberta workers what they […]
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UCP throne speech foretells less for workers, more for private corporations – AFL
/EDMONTON – Alberta workers’ optimism about the future is key to Alberta’s economic recovery, but after three years of chaos and gloom under a UCP government they distrust, workers are […]
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AFL joins parents of students in court challenge to stop the lifting of mask mandates in Alberta schools – AFL
/The order to end school masking is premature and reckless EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest worker advocacy organization, has joined a group of parents of students […]
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Alberta health care workers call on their fellow citizens to help them push back against the UCP’s reckless decision to prematurely remove COVID-19 protections – AFL
/“We’re tired of watching people die.” The following joint statement was released today from a coalition of Alberta health care unions: “On behalf of the more than 75,000 health care […]
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Health funding must deliver public health services, not private profits – AFL
/We must stop the UCP plan to turn our health care into an American-style for-profit system EDMONTON – As Canada’s premiers ramp up their Canada Health Transfer campaign, Alberta’s largest […]
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