Tag: Press Release
Safety records fail to tell the whole story for working Albertans: New website presents a bewildering array of stats, but little useful information: AFL
Edmonton – Alberta’s new website offering workplace injury and fatality records may be well intentioned, but gets a failing grade from the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL). “This morning, we […]
Read more »Alberta Environment’s Monitoring Budgets Plummet − Public Relations Spending Skyrockets
AFL analysis shows Alberta government’s real priorities − calls for public investment in environmental monitoring and enforcement Edmonton – The Alberta government decimated program spending on environmental enforcement, compliance, and […]
Read more »Alberta’s employment outlook bleak once again: Alberta’s “real” unemployment rate, counting discouraged workers and involuntary part-timers, much higher than “official” rate
Edmonton – As Alberta’s official unemployment rate edges up to 6.5%, the Alberta Federation of Labour released figures showing Alberta’s “real” unemployment rate – including discouraged workers and involuntary part-timers […]
Read more »Alberta workers still fighting for rights: Province lags behind on workplace safety, farm worker rights and temporary foreign workers
While Albertans enjoy this Labour Day weekend, recent news reports reveal there is still much to be done to protect vulnerable workers in the province. “The Alberta government has once […]
Read more »Temporary Foreign Worker program should be scrapped, not reformed: Program is failing foreign workers, Alberta workers and Alberta employers, says AFL
The Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program is so dysfunctional that it needs to be scrapped, rather than reviewed and reformed, says the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL). “We welcome the […]
Read more »Workplace safety website falls short of pledge; Full safety records to remain clouded in secrecy
EDMONTON – While the government has taken nearly a decade to finalize its website with workplace injury and fatality records, workers will have to wait even longer to get the […]
Read more »Reforming broken revenue system vital to Alberta’s fiscal future
Edmonton – The economic evidence is in and it shows overwhelmingly that Alberta’s economy is still on shaky ground. “Unstable commodity prices, a continuing jobs crisis, falling retail sales, increasing […]
Read more »Alberta has a dismal record on workplace safety prosecutions and convictions: AFL research reveals province has a conviction rate of only 2.8 per cent on workplace fatalities
Edmonton – The Alberta government is failing to protect workers with its lax attitude toward prosecuting employers involved in workplace fatalities and injuries, according to research by the Alberta Federation […]
Read more »Alberta sheds 13,000 full-time jobs in July; employment gains are only in part-time jobs
Dismal job numbers prove it would be irresponsible to end federal stimulus spending, says AFL Edmonton – Officially, Alberta’s unemployment rate dropped for July, but those overall figures mask the […]
Read more »Alberta government heads down dangerous path with farm-worker discrimination
Excluding farm workers from workplace protections a legal minefield – allows unsafe work to continue Edmonton – Reports that the Conservative government is likely to ignore an Alberta judge’s recommendations […]
Read more »Watered-down website for workplace safety represents lost opportunity to save lives
AFL asks: “Who got to the minister and convinced him to back down?” Once again, Alberta workers have been disappointed by an Alberta government that says it cares about them, […]
Read more »Alberta is the only Canadian province that uses “immoral” incentives to deny WCB benefits to injured workers
Alberta WCB puts higher priority on keeping employer premiums low instead of providing service to injured workers, says AFL New research from the Alberta Federation of Labour shows that Alberta’s […]
Read more »Alberta’s jobs crisis continues: National unemployment drops; Alberta’s increases as we shed full-time jobs
Edmonton – Alberta is experiencing an ongoing jobs crisis, as our province shed full-time jobs while Canada, overall, saw increases in full-time employment. In June, Alberta’s unemployment rate edged up […]
Read more »Let’s face it – Alberta has a problem, a revenue problem: It’s time for a grown-up conversation about how to fix the province’s broken revenue system
The Alberta government’s revenue model is broken and the time has come to talk about how to fix it, says Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan. Yes, that […]
Read more »Minimum Wage Increases Do Not Lead to Job Loss: AFL analysis shows service industry employment has increased after minimum wage adjustments
CALGARY – New Alberta Federation of Labour research shows employment in service industries actually grows after minimum wages increases, said AFL president Gil McGowan in his presentation to a government […]
Read more »Ted Morton doesn’t speak for Albertans on pension reform: Don’t allow improvements to be derailed, finance ministers warned
Edmonton – Canada’s finance ministers are being urged to ignore the opinions they are hearing from their Alberta counterpart, Ted Morton. In an open letter in today’s Guardian newspaper in […]
Read more »Alberta cutting training programs amid zero job growth: New AFL research shows Alberta cut job training by $23 million despite increased need by aboriginals and young workers
EDMONTON – Alberta is the only province in Canada that hasn’t seen job growth since last summer, but the province is cutting employment training programs by more than $20 million, […]
Read more »Alberta not adequately prepared to keep workers safe if economic boom times return
Research shows Alberta spends less on workplace safety now than in 1991 – even though many more Albertans work in dangerous industries New research released today by Alberta’s largest workers’ […]
Read more »The lives of thousands of working Albertans are being put at risk by government’s shocking reluctance to enforce its own workplace safety rules
AFL calls for immediate implementation of Auditor General’s recommendation for a crackdown on employers who repeatedly break the law Yesterday’s report from Alberta’s Auditor General reveals a fundamental flaw that […]
Read more »Morton’s remarks suggest Alberta is abandoning its leadership role in the search for solutions to Canada’s looming retirement income crisis
Finance minister downplays seriousness of issue and suggests the problem can be addressed by increasing the retirement age and requiring more seniors to sell their homes to raise cash CALGARY […]
Read more »Latest jobless figures show Albertans are paying the price for Stelmach government’s ongoing refusal to stimulate the economy
Alberta is only province in Canada that continues to shed jobs – and it’s also the only province that didn’t increase spending to deal with the recession. It’s no coincidence […]
Read more »Alberta Women Are Falling Behind: Gender issues met with “deafening silence” in government
Whether there’s a boom or a bust, the economic reality facing women in Alberta is that they are falling further and further behind men. A new study by the Edmonton-based […]
Read more »Albertans send Stelmach message – Save Our Services!
Public programs are already stretched to the limit – do not make more cuts EDMONTON – Representatives of Join Together Alberta today related stories of how the services Albertans desperately […]
Read more »Albertans are already hurting from deep cuts to public services
Citizens attending town halls implore government not to make a bad situation worse The public services Albertans desperately need are already being stretched to the breaking point and people are […]
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