Tag: Press Release

EDMONTON – There are many lessons to be learned from the two-day strike that crippled hospitals across the province earlier this week – but the most important one is that […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour revealed today that WCB President and CEO Mary Cameron received a 39% pay increase in 1999. Also, WCB sources inform the AFL that the Board […]

Friday April 28 will mark the 5th International Day of Mourning. Commemorated around the world, the Day of Mourning highlights the loss of thousands of workers every year to fatal […]

On the eve of the 5th International Day of Mourning, the Alberta Federation of Labour released calculations showing that government funding for Occupational Health and Safety enforcement is a fraction […]

Friday, April 28 will mark the fifth International Day of Mourning. Begun in Canada in the mid-1980s, the Day of Mourning is a day to remember those people killed at […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour is endorsing a boycott of Molson and Labatt products for the duration of the labour dispute at Brewers Distributors Limited (BDL) in Edmonton. The AFL […]

EDMONTON – On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, the president of Alberta’s largest labour organization is calling on leaders from government, business and labour […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta government’s new marriage law sends a clear message of intolerance against gays and lesbians, says the president of Alberta’s largest labour organization. Audrey Cormack, president of […]

EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour President Audrey Cormack will be taking the fight against the Klein government’s Private Hospitals Bill to Ottawa on Tuesday, March 7th. Cormack has a […]

The Klein government will pay a big price from Albertans if it continues with its private health care bill, introduced in the Legislature today, says Audrey Cormack, President of the […]

EDMONTON – Audrey Cormack, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, will be available to answer questions from the media immediately following the release of the federal budget later today. […]

EDMONTON – The federal government has squandered an historic opportunity to restore the health of Canada’s Medicare system and build new programs to help Canadian families in the 21st century, […]

EDMONTON – Based on the plans outlined in yesterday’s provincial budget, it’s clear that the Klein government is charting a dangerous course for Alberta, says the president of Alberta’s largest […]

EDMONTON – The fiscal plan that will be outlined in this afternoon’s provincial government budget is based on two dangerous myths, says the president of Alberta’s largest labour organization. “Today’s […]

The tragic wave of workers killed on the job in the past six days is a marker that the Alberta government is not doing enough to protect worker safety, says […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta government’s plan for the coming year – as outlined in today’s Throne Speech – is based on two dangerous myths, says the President of the Alberta […]

EDMONTON – Audrey Cormack, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, will be available to answer questions from the media immediately following tomorrow’s Throne Speech. The Throne Speech is scheduled […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour is criticizing the announcement today of a new Committee struck to review Alberta’s business tax regime. The new Committee, says AFL President Audrey Cormack, will […]

Alberta labour leaders threw their support behind the Canadian Federation of Students protests taking place in Alberta and throughout the rest of the country today. “The situation facing young Albertans […]

EDMONTON – The President of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) feels that Pam Barrett, who today stepped down as Leader of the Alberta New Democrats and MLA for Edmonton […]

Premier Klein’s televised address last night was a continuation of his intentional misleading of the public over his privatization experiment, says Audrey Cormack, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour has obtained a copy of a confidential WCB Board of Directors document outlining a list of 40 amendments to the WCB Act and Regulation the […]

New figures acquired by the Alberta Federation of Labour show that in 1998, work absence due to illness, injury and disability were at their highest level in a decade. This […]

EDMONTON –The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will be holding its fourth annual workshop dealing with violence against women on December 6, 1999 – the National Day of Remembrance and […]