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Alberta Government breaks promises – and laws – with wage freeze legislation
Edmonton – The Redford wage freeze breaks promises and breaks laws. The legislation, which the government tabled on Wednesday, will ignore the bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of Albertans […]
Read more »Urgent Action Alert: Stop The Wage Freeze Rally
Action Request: Stop The Wage Freeze Rally When: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Where: Legislative Assembly of Alberta 10800 – 97 Avenue NW, Edmonton Issue:The Government of Alberta […]
Read more »1 in 4 new jobs in Alberta filled through Temporary Foreign Worker Program, shows new data for 2013
Employers getting the green light for TFWs even when there are 2.3 unemployed Albertans for every job vacancy Edmonton – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group released new […]
Read more »Supreme Court rules Alberta’s privacy law unfairly infringes on workers’ right to free expression
AFL President Congratulates UFCW 401 on Supreme Court Ruling Edmonton – Gil McGowan, President of The Alberta Federation of Labour, offered his congratulations to the United Food and Commercial Workers […]
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 »Northern Gateway deal could shortchange Alberta
Pipeline tolls are deductible from royalties; agreement could cost Alberta taxpayers Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour is warning that Albertans could be shortchanged for their natural resources if […]
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 »Media Advisory: Money Talks, Thank You For Listening
Satirical protest parodies Prime Minister’s policy of plutocracy At a rally at 1:00 p.m. sharp this Halloween, a satirical protest performance will take place outside the BMO Centre in Calgary. […]
Read more »Redford is wrong when she says “Albertans feel comfortable with where they are” on pensions and retirement security
Polling shows Albertans are just as worried about retirement security as other Canadians and would overwhelming support expansion of CPP Edmonton – Premier Alison Redford is out of step with […]
Read more »Government cutbacks undermining education
More students, less money is a recipe for trouble Edmonton –A coalition of school employees is warning Albertans that the quality of our public education system is at risk. Frontline […]
Read more »AFL warns against reviving TFW fast-track
New research shows just how bad the fast-track was, and why it shouldn’t be brought back EDMONTON – Albertans should be wary of the Harper government’s plan to revive the […]
Read more »Media Advisory: Government cutbacks undermining education
Coalition stands up for the educational needs of our children On Monday, October 28 the Kids Not Cuts Alberta coalition will hold a press conference in Edmonton. Monday marks the […]
Read more »Media Advisory: AFL warns against reviving TFW fast-track
New research shows just how bad the fast-track was, and why it shouldn’t be brought back An investigation into the scandal-ridden fast-track for Temporary Foreign Worker employers shows that approved […]
Read more »Canada-European Free Trade Agreement undermines Canadian workers
Deal will provide yet another avenue for employers to choose foreign workers over Canadians EDMONTON – The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed between Canada and the European Union […]
Read more »Media Advisory: Temporary Foreign Worker Program Displacing Canadians
Alberta Federation of Labour president will comment on misuse of Temporary Foreign Worker program at Husky Sunrise project. Almost 300 Canadians are no longer working at the project near Fort […]
Read more »Temporary Foreign Worker Program Displacing Canadians
Alberta Federation of Labour blasts Harper for helping employers put Canadians out of work at Husky Sunrise project Edmonton – Almost 300 Canadians are no longer working at the Husky […]
Read more »Union leaders urge Loblaws to avoid strike
Superstore will face boycott if workers are not offered fair deal Edmonton – Union leaders representing more than 250,000 Alberta workers urged Loblaws CEO Galen Weston Jr. to present a […]
Read more »AFL Makes Final Argument in Favour of Enbridge Line 9 Pipeline
Federation of Labour supports East-West connections that keep refining and upgrading jobs in Canada Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour President submitted final arguments to the National Energy Board […]
Read more »Advisory-Union Leaders Respond to Finance Minister’s Pension Announcement
Time: 3:00 PM, Monday, September 16 Place: United Nurses of Alberta 11150 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton (Suite 700 – 7th Floor) Participants: Elisabeth Ballermann, President, Health Sciences Association of Alberta Gil […]
Read more »Union leaders disappointed by proposed pension cuts
Leaders of five Alberta public employees’ unions and the Alberta Federation of Labour are concerned and disappointed by the sweeping changes to public service pension plans proposed this morning by […]
Read more »Public union leaders challenge Alberta to address “the real retirement crisis”
Edmonton – Expressing their grave concern about the still-unknown contents of the Alberta government’s pension policy announcement tomorrow, the presidents of Alberta’s four largest public service unions and the Alberta […]
Read more »Minimum-wage TFW list shows program undermining Canadian wages
Uncovered documents prove employers using TFW program as a first choice rather than offering a decent wage to Canadians Edmonton – Canadian wages are being undermined by employers who use […]
Read more »Alberta’s minimum wage remains worst in Canada
Edmonton – The Redford government is raising the minimum wage next week, but Alberta’s lowest-income earners will still be the worst-paid in Canada. As of September 1, the provincial general […]
Read more »Kenney teams up with CFIB to perpetuate labour shortage myth
Minister should be ashamed of Twitter tag-team to peddle TFW expansion and other bad policies Edmonton – A Twitter forum organized by the Harper government and the Canadian Federation of […]
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