Tag: Press Release

Health and safety protections are NOT ‘red tape,’ says AFL president EDMONTON – The Kenney government is considering dropping or weakening many workplace health and safety (OHS) protections because it […]

Albertans will, once again, be denied the workplace protections that other Canadians take for granted, say AFL EDMONTON – Statement on behalf of Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation […]

Kenney’s cuts will trigger a recession and crash the Alberta economy, warn unions For Immediate Release Nov. 5, 2019 CALGARY – Some of Alberta’s largest unions have launched a campaign […]

EDMONTON OCTOBER 29, 2019 – A new report has confirmed earlier warnings that the UCP’s first budget will kill as many as 114,000 jobs, split between the public and private […]

Statement from Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan: Jason Kenney and the UCP have broken faith with the thousands and thousands of public-sector Albertans who helped elect them. During […]

‘Jason Kenney is playing games with numbers,’ says Gil McGowan, AFL president EDMONTON OCTOBER 24, 2019 – Today’s budget cuts will be much deeper than Kenney admits. The reality is […]

EDMONTON – Implementation by the Kenney government of the MacKinnon report’s recommendations could drive Alberta’s economy into recession and result in the loss of up to 113,500 jobs in both […]

McGowan urges citizens and reporters to use the list as protection against the “avalanche of bulls#%t that the UCP is about to dump on our province” EDMONTON – The Kenney […]

EDMONTON – The innocuous-sounding “Employee Labour Relations Support Program,” announced today by the UCP, is really a union-busting initiative and part of a larger wage suppression agenda being pursued by […]

Wage cuts for some, a freeze for the first time this decade for everyone else Edmonton: Alberta’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) has gone up 1.3% since last year, yet for […]

A Statement from Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan Climate change is the single most pressing issue we face. Students across the globe are taking inspiration from Swedish teenager […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour translates MacKinnon report Edmonton: “The MacKinnon report is a prescription for disaster and will not lead Alberta to prosperity,” says AFL president Gil McGowan. “It […]

AFL calls on the federal government to reject pleas from employer groups looking to water down protections for temporary foreign workers EDMONTON – On the advice of the Standing Committee […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour releases the following statement for Alberta Farm Workers Day 2019: EDMONTON – This year’s Alberta Farm Workers Day is bittersweet because, while we recognize that […]

In past work-related reviews, the Alberta Federation of Labour was consulted, even under conservative governments EDMONTON – It is clear that the UCP government’s minimum wage ‘expert’ panel announced yesterday […]

Here’s evidence the corporate tax cut is snake-oil, says AFL president, Gil McGowan EDMONTON – Oilsands companies Suncor Energy Inc., Husky Energy Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. reported Q2 income […]

Alberta farms and ranches are the most dangerous workplaces in the province EDMONTON – Proposing to reduce health are safety requirements for Alberta farms and ranches is unconscionable, says the […]

Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, today made the following statement: “Premier Kenney announced his government would unilaterally drop several exceptions to the Canada Free Trade Agreement […]

SASKATOON – The presidents of federations of labour from across the country are in Saskatoon during the Council of the Federation meeting to encourage Canada’s premiers to embrace a public, […]

Alberta Federation of Labour hosts free BBQs in St. Albert, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge, and Fort McMurray to highlight the value of high-quality centre-based child care for women Edmonton – […]

“What the UCP did in the Legislature last night was outrageous and insulting. And the bill they passed is illegal.” EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, […]

AFL president calls on Premier to remove clause that gives cabinet “backdoor powers” to impose wage cuts EDMONTON – Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, has sent […]

Kenney government trying to bypass both arbitration and bargaining, says AFL EDMONTON – Bill 9, the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act, is much more draconian than the UCP has […]

Labour leaders present united front against UCP’s latest attack on worker rights and collective bargaining Edmonton – Alberta labour leaders presented a united front today as they gathered at the […]