Tag: Press Release

In yesterday’s Throne Speech, the Alberta government announced plans to review the province’s often controversial Employment Standards Code — the law that sets minimum standards for things like overtime, vacations, […]

Changing human rights legislation to allow random drug testing is shortsighted, ill-conceived and potentially dangerous, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. The AFL was responding to reports of a report, […]

EDMONTON – In his annual address to the province last night, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein promised to help low-paid workers by increasing the minimum wage. But anything less than a […]

Public Interest Alberta, a new provincial advocacy organization, has launched a great campaign to challenge all provincial candidates to define where they stand on key public interest issues. Called “A […]

Alberta Federation of Labour President Kerry Barrett was highly critical of the lack of any government industrial strategy in the wake of the announced closure of the Celanese Canada plant […]

Inuvik, NT – Federation of Labour Presidents from across Western Canada and the Territories have arrived in Inuvik, NT to make their views clear to the Premiers of the 4 […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour responded to the government health care plan today by noting that the real plan is being held under wraps until after the next provincial election, […]

Random drug and alcohol testing misses the root problem with substance abuse, and will fail to produce safer workplaces, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) says today. The AFL is […]

[Edmonton] The Alberta Federation of Labour today called upon Ralph Klein to apologize to Alberta’s Chilean community for his comments endorsing the military coup and human rights abuses of dictator […]

[Pigeon Lake] ‘Building Bridges and Sharing Struggles II’, the second workshop sponsored by the Alberta Federation of Labour to explore common ground and possible cooperative actions between the labour movement […]

On the eve of the 10th International Day of Mourning, the Alberta Federation of Labour is releasing the latest statistics on workplace fatalities in Alberta, showing an increase in both […]

Les Steel is stepping down as the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour in order to take a new, Alberta-based position with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). He has […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour has released data showing that real, inflation-adjusted wages in the province have fallen for the second year in a row, and for the fourth time […]

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is taking the opportunity of the 38th United Nations Day for the Elimination of Racism, which is Sunday, March 21, to renew […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour is formally lifting a union-led viewer boycott of A-Channel as workers at the station head back to their jobs today after a grueling […]

EDMONTON – If Prime Minister Paul Martin doesn’t want to see a “patchwork quilt” of maternity benefits in Canada – generous in places like Quebec and sub-standard in places like […]

Premier Ralph Klein is up to his old tricks. Once again, he’s trying to convince Albertans that Medicare is unsustainable and that the only way to “save” the system is […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour reacted with disappointment early today after the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed with a case against the Labour […]

EDMONTON – What do ordinary Albertans have to show for a decade of unprecedented growth and prosperity in their province? As it turns out, very little. In a new research […]

AFL Year-end Message Looking ahead to the New Year, it’s clear the Labour movement will have a lot on its plate. New rules on drug and alcohol testing in the […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour and the union representing striking A-Channel workers have jointly filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against A-Channel. The unions claim the station attempted to […]

EDMONTON – Alberta’s health care system could be thrown into chaos if the province’s nine regional health authorities are successful in their bid to force nurses into binding arbitration, says […]

The “pie-that-was-heard-across-the-country” may have been delivered to Premier Ralph Klein early last week – but it had been in the oven for a long time. And the Premier himself had […]

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