Tag: Press Release
AFL Letter to Catholic School Board RE Yellow School Busing – AFL
Below is AFL’s response to the letter sent to parents and guardians about Yellow School Busing from John Fiacco, Superintendent of Educational Planning at Edmonton Catholic Schools September 17, 2020 […]
Read more »All Education Workers Need a Seat at the Table – AFL
Below is a joint statement from the Alberta Teachers’ Association, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Unifor and the Alberta Federation of Labour. EDMONTON – Students are now returning to school. […]
Read more »Farm Workers Day: We Must Recommit to the Fight for Farm Worker Rights – AFL
Siobhan Vipond, Secretary Treasurer of the Alberta Federation of Labour released the following statement for Alberta Farm Workers Day 2020 EDMONTON – Each year, August 20 marks Alberta Farm Workers […]
Read more »The UCP is Coming After the Health and Safety Rights of Albertans with Rushed Summer Consultations – AFL
The government is quietly engaged in expedited reviews to undermine both the occupational health and safety, and workers’ compensation systems EDMONTON – This summer, in the midst of an ongoing […]
Read more »The UCP’s Lack of Leadership on Child Care is Leaving Alberta Families in the Lurch – AFL
The government’s new focus on parental subsidies will keep many women out of the workforce and hamper our economic recovery EDMONTON – With September just around the corner many working […]
Read more »ALBERTA FIRE FIGHTERS MEDIA RELEASE – AFL
Alberta Fire Fighters disappointed with AHS announcement to consolidate EMS dispatch For Immediate Release August 4, 2020 Today’s announcement by Alberta Health Services stating that they will be consolidating Emergency […]
Read more »Jason Kenney may think he has vanquished unions, but he is about to “reap the whirlwind,” says AFL – AFL
Kenney’s arrogance and his radicalism is uniting Albertans in opposition to his dangerous agenda These are the remarks made by Alberta Federation of Labour president, Gil McGowan, in response to […]
Read more »Jason Kenney’s anti-worker, anti-union Bill 32 will be challenged in the courts – AFL
Alberta unions will fight UCP efforts to turn Alberta into “Alabama North” EDMONTON – Unless major amendments are made to Bill 32 during this week’s session of the Alberta Legislature, […]
Read more »The UCP has a BIG double standard when it comes to third-party political action spending – AFL
The real story on Bill 32 is NOT that unions spend money on politics; it’s that the UCP’s corporate supporters spend far more, and often don’t even bother to follow […]
Read more »AFL responds to UCP lies on union advocacy campaigning – AFL
AFL shows that while Kenney was fabricating his camping trip, he was also distorting the truth about union political spending EDMONTON – So, it turns out that Jason Kenney lied […]
Read more »The UCP bungled key COVID-19 policies at long-term care facilities and the Auditor General needs to investigate, says AFL – AFL
Lessons must be learned so we’re better prepared if we’re hit by a second wave EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour today asked the Auditor General of Alberta to […]
Read more »Internal government documents suggest the UCP knows its anti-union Bill 32 is unconstitutional – AFL
“If the UCP has nothing to hide, release your legal opinions” says AFL EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) has released internal government documents obtained through the Freedom […]
Read more »McGowan apologizes for using the Nazis as a point of reference in his criticism of the UCP – AFL
But he will continue calling out “the UCP’s authoritarian-inspired tactics” The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Gil McGowan, issued the following statement today. I, Gil McGowan, president of […]
Read more »Implement Mandatory Masks for Enclosed Workplaces and Public Spaces, says AFL – AFL
Alberta Federation of Labour Executive Council passes motion calling on provincial government to act. EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour is calling on the Chief Medical Officer of Health […]
Read more »Kenney’s union-busting Bill 32 is not just an attack on workers, it’s an attack on democracy – AFL
The UCP’s double-standard on unions vs. corporations will bring the opposite of balance to Alberta’s political stage EDMONTON – Why should unions, which already have robust systems for internal democratic […]
Read more »“This is a dark day in Alberta history” – AFL
‘Bill 32 represents a fundamental attack on worker rights and democracy,’ says AFL These are the remarks that Alberta Federation of Labour president, Gil McGowan, made in response to the […]
Read more »Kenney’s Economic Recovery Plan Fails Working Families on Child Care, Despite Strong Support for Action From Albertans – AFL
New poll shows that 78 per cent of Albertans want to see action on universal child care coming out of COVID-19 EDMONTON – In a recent poll done for the […]
Read more »The UCP is about to introduce legislation aimed at importing dangerous U.S.-style anti-worker laws to Alberta, says AFL – AFL
Campaign aims to stop a race-to-the-bottom in terms of wages, bargaining power and workplace rights EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour has launched a campaign aimed at rallying public […]
Read more »Kenney’s economic recovery plan will be meaningless if he pairs it with US-style wage suppression tactics – AFL
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney’s economic recovery plan won’t be worth the paper it’s written on if, as expected, he pairs it with a brutal attack on worker rights that strips […]
Read more »Kenney’s child care cuts are making life less affordable for families – AFL
End of child care pilot program will mean fee hikes, fewer affordable spaces, and loss of progress towards a universal child care system for Albertans EDMONTON – The end of […]
Read more »Alberta unions to Jason Kenney: Don’t you dare cut the minimum wage! – AFL
Online campaign aims to stop UCP from dropping Alberta’s wage floor EDMONTON – Yesterday, in response to questions from the opposition leader, Premier Kenney attacked previous minimum wage increases and […]
Read more »Alberta unions urge passage of private member’s bill that would protect pensions and keep Alberta in CPP – AFL
EDMONTON – The leaders of public and private sector unions affiliated with the Alberta Federation of Labour are throwing their support behind Bill 203, The Pension Protection Act, a private […]
Read more »Alberta unions give workers tools to blow the whistle on employers who aren’t taking COVID-19 seriously enough – AFL
ReturnSafe.ca campaign urges workers to know their rights and speak out against unsafe practices as the economy re-opens EDMONTON – As Jason Kenney announces plans to ramp up re-launching of […]
Read more »Alberta’s Health Care Pandemic Pay Sucks – AFL
Fewer Alberta workers qualify for pandemic wage bonuses and the top-ups are smaller than other provinces EDMONTON – The UCP’s pandemic pay for frontline health care workers is lower than […]
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