Tag: Op-Eds

Polls have consistently shown that Albertans want to keep valuable oilsands upgrading and refining jobs in the province instead of shipping them down a pipeline to processing facilities in the […]

In some ways, it’s appropriate that the Labour Day holiday marks the last long weekend of summer. Let’s face it, while some of us are lucky enough to have jobs […]

The Labour Day weekend offers Albertans one last gasp at summer before the busy times of fall are upon us. And we should all take a well-deserved rest. When you […]

If anyone is “over the barrel” at the bargaining table, it’s Big Oil, not Albertans I agree and would add that the Premier should also start thinking like a negotiator. […]

As the clock ticks down towards Premier Ed Stelmach’s pivotal announcement on energy royalties, many groups and individuals have been urging the government to heed former premier Peter Lougheed’s advice […]

This Labour Day, wage-earning Albertans should resolve to grab a bigger piece of our province’s economic pie, says union leader It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy […]

It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy heats up, business people reward themselves with bigger salaries and hefty bonuses. “We’ve earned it,” they tell themselves as they […]

It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy heats up, business people reward themselves with bigger salaries and hefty bonuses. “We’ve earned it,” they tell themselves as they […]

I honestly didn’t want to start criticizing Ed Stelmach before his official swearing-in ceremony on December 15. Just common courtesy, I told myself. Give the guy at least a day […]

So, federal Immigration Minister Monte Solberg is tired of waiting in line to get his double-double at Tim Horton’s. For those who missed it, that was one of the rationales […]

Banning asbestos is a no brainer, right? The versatile, indestructible insulation and construction material was the “miracle substance” of the early 20th century and is now infamous as a cancerous […]

When I heard the news last week that several well-known union leaders and labour organizations were encouraging their members to get involved in the Tory leadership race – and in […]

But it may be time to slow pace of oil sands development When it comes to discussions about the labour force in Alberta, it’s hard not to be reminded of […]

Re: “Trades groups taken to task for ‘racist overtones’,” Al Duerr, Opinion, April 28. When it comes to public debates, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to […]

When it comes to public debates, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to attack your opponent’s character and question his motives. If you can successfully paint the […]

Last year in Alberta 143 workers were killed because of work. This is the highest number of fatalities in 25 years, and the sixth worst in Alberta’s 101 year history. […]

Will our children have the luxury of lounging by the lake? Or will they be worrying about where the next pay cheque will come from? It’s Labour Day again – […]

Three Issues Intertwine to Create Powderkeg in Fort McMurray In recent weeks, Albertans’ TV screens and newspapers have flickered with trades workers rallying, marching and protesting against “foreign workers” in […]

On June 3, 2005, Alberta earned the distinction of being only the second province in Canada to allow 12 year-olds to work in restaurants without a special permit. It did […]

Something is wrong in Alberta. Over the last decade, while the economy boomed and industry thrived, real wages in the province stagnated. Real wages (adjusted to constant dollars to correct […]

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 […]

After nearly two years of on-again, off-again support for a major review of old WCB cases, the Alberta government has finally agreed to open the books on previously rejected claims […]

It’s not often that Business Week magazine praises unions – still less often that it recommends unions as a model for business. That’s just what happened, however, in that magazine’s […]

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 […]