Tag: Press Release
Government budget cuts may kill more jobs in Alberta than the recession: Analysis predicts that cuts will lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in both public and private sectors
The Alberta government is about to embark on a program of public spending cuts that could kill more jobs in the province than were lost to the recession. Using the […]
Read more »Alberta heads for another jobs crisis – and this time it will be self-inflicted
Deep public-sector spending cuts will kill tens of thousands of private-sector jobs, along with public ones The Stelmach government will stifle Alberta’s fragile recovery and create its own made-in-Alberta recession […]
Read more »AFL President concerned over Morton in Finance
Alberta’s public service in jeopardy, McGowan says Alberta Federation of Labour president, Gil McGowan, expressed grave concern over Premier Ed Stelmach’s pick for Finance Minister in his new cabinet announced […]
Read more »Year-end labour force numbers show Albertans are still hurting as province begins to emerge from recession
Recovery could be smothered in its infancy by provincial budget and job cuts, warns AFL Year-end employment figures released this morning by Statistics Canada paint a picture of an Alberta […]
Read more »What’s happened to the full-time jobs? asks AFL in wake of latest job figures
Labour leader in Calgary today to talk to Alberta manufacturing workers, one of the groups hardest hit by recession Please note that, due to weather conditions in Alberta today, Gil […]
Read more »Government case of $2 billion in cuts is a shaky one: Cutting jobs and services isn’t justified by the numbers and will inflict further pain on a labour force that’s already hurting
The president of Alberta’s largest union advocacy organization is baffled as to why the Stelmach government seems determined to cut public sector jobs and services even though the province’s fiscal […]
Read more »EPCOR’s dismal 3rd quarter results prove Edmonton City Council should never have relinquished control of power generation assets
EPCOR CEO Don Lowry is living in fantasy world if he thinks his dramatically diminished corporation will ever generate $130 million in dividends for the citizens of Edmonton again, says […]
Read more »Follow the doctor’s orders on H1N1 and lose your job!
AFL calls for changes to Employment Standards Code that would make it easier for people to stay home from work when they’re experiencing swine flu symptoms If the Alberta government […]
Read more »Union coalition to consider options in light of EPCOR court decision
Ruling doesn’t change the fact that Edmonton city council did an end run around the democratic process, says AFL EDMONTON – The labour unions that launched a legal challenge aimed […]
Read more »Union coalition to consider options in light of EPCOR court decision
Ruling doesn’t change the fact that Edmonton city council did an end run around the democratic process, says AFL Sep 25, 2009 EDMONTON – The labour unions that launched a […]
Read more »Unions go to court to overturn Capital Power decision
A Court of Queen’s Bench justice will be hearing arguments tomorrow in a case launched by a group of labour organizations against the sale of EPCOR’s publicly-owned power generation assets. […]
Read more »City Council had no legal right to privatize EPCOR’s power generation assets
Closed-door meetings breach Municipal Government Act, group charges in lawsuit The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench today is hearing a case that could potentially overturn the multi-billion-dollar deal that saw […]
Read more »EI Failing Albertans in Time of Crisis
New Analysis of EI Reveals Serious Shortcomings The Alberta Federation of Labour, in partnership with the Calgary and Edmonton Labour Councils, has released a new analysis (EI: It Should Be […]
Read more »Dramatic jump in Alberta jobless rate underlines need for much quicker action on EI reform, says AFL
Premiers should demand an end to federal dithering on efforts to fix Canada’s broken unemployment insurance system, says labour leaders REGINA-As Alberta’s unemployment rate soars to levels not seen since […]
Read more »New BRIK program too small to turn the tide of raw bitumen being sent south of the border for refining, says AFL
Thousands of jobs will continue to be lost down the pipeline as a result of government’s failure to adopt more aggressive policies The Alberta government has finally added flesh to […]
Read more »Newly formed Task Force on Pension Reform must look outside Alberta: Labour rejects Alberta-B.C. Penson Plan Model
The new federal-provincial task force on pensions meets in Calgary today. The Alberta Federation of Labour is concerned that the task force will not focus on real changes that protect […]
Read more »Union leaders urge western premiers to reject Alberta-B.C. pension proposal as solution to unfolding crisis in retirement income
Instead of getting behind ill-conceived “ABC plan,” western premiers should use their clout to call for a national pension summit and to discourage Harper and Ignatieff from reaching watered-down deal […]
Read more »With no commitment to Alberta-based refining, Kearl should not be seen as economic saviour
If Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake project represents the future of the oil sands, then Albertans should be very concerned, says the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. “Kearl Lake […]
Read more »Day of Mourning About Remembering But Also About Preventing
The Alberta Federation of Labour is encouraging Albertans across the province to stop for a moment today to remember workers who were killed because of work. April 28th is the […]
Read more »Alberta Entrenching Exploitation of Foreign Workers
The Alberta Federation of Labour today released Entrenching Exploitation, the second report of its Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate. The report provides an update on the living and working conditions of […]
Read more »AFL to Release New Temporary Foreign Worker Report
AFL Convention Continues through Weekend As part of its ongoing convention, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will be releasing the second report from its Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate. Release […]
Read more »March to Legislature Highlights Day at AFL Convention
[Edmonton] – Delegates to the Alberta Federation of Labour convention will march to the Legislature Friday at noon to demand an end to provincial cuts to Medicare. Three hundred delegates […]
Read more »Environmental groups and AFL release groundbreaking Green Jobs report
Edmonton – Alberta can create more than 200,000 long-term green jobs and build a strong economic future, according to a groundbreaking report on green jobs released by two prominent environmental […]
Read more »Union Leaders Gather to Discuss Economy
Thursday, April 23, 2009 – Sunday, April 26, 2009 Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe, 10111 Bellamy Hill, Edmonton The Alberta Federation of Labour will be holding its 46th Constitutional Convention in […]
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