Tag: Reports

Statement from Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan on the federal government’s April 1 TFW deadline On the eve of the federal government’s April 1 deadline for Temporary Foreign […]

2015 Statement on the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism True labour solidarity means addressing the economic exclusion of racialized and Aboriginal workers. This Saturday as part […]

2015 Backgrounder: How the Government Fudged Per-Capita Spending Figures Backgrounder issued with New Release: Mar 11: Misleading numbers undermine Tory credibility

In Canada, October is recognized as Library Month. So, perhaps we should ask ourselves; “how relevantare libraries in today’s quickly evolving digital world?” Read more here: 2014 Libraries in the […]

Upgrading Our Future: The Economics of In-Province Upgrading The report, entitled “Upgrading Our Future: The Economics of In-Province Upgrading,” was released on Monday, Oct. 6, at an event featuring Alberta […]

Stop Sending Canadian Jobs Down the Pipeline!

2014 Backgrounder: Construction Trades ATIP Requests Backgrounder Issued with AFL News Release: Sep 26 Prentice plan to re-open TFW floodgates would be bad news for working Albertans

2014 Backgrounder: ATIP Documents on Employers with TFW-Dominated Workforces Backgrounder Issued with AFL News Release: Sep 26 Prentice plan to re-open TFW floodgates would be bad news for working Albertans

2014 Backgrounder: Alberta Pilot for Occupation-Specific Work Permits News Release: Sep 4 TFW Pilot Project Oversight ‘fell between the cracks’

Labour Day is a holiday to celebrate the accomplishments of working people and unions. The first part of that equation is a relatively easy sell. Even here in politically conservative […]

Overview of locations and jobs where TFWs were paid less than Canadians Supporting document to News Release Aug 15: Alberta companies given green light to underpay thousands of TFWs

Internal FOIP Documents: 2014 LMOs issued for less than prevailing wage rates Supporting document to News Release Aug 15: Alberta companies given green light to underpay thousands of TFWs

The AFL sent an interactive telephone broadcast message to hundreds of thousands of Albertans in the final week of the last election campaign in order to poll opinion on the […]

For Immediate ReleaseFriday, July 18, 2014 P3 Model Bad for Alberta Taxpayers Lukaszuk’s Appointed P3 Board Idea a ‘Recipe for Corruption’ Edmonton – PC leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk’s proposal to […]

For Immediate ReleaseTuesday, July 15, 2014 Candidates for Premier Look to Open TFW Floodgates PC Leadership contenders all buy into bogus labour shortage claims Edmonton – Ric McIver is using […]

PC Leadership candidate misinformed about how much employers pay Edmonton – Tory Leadership Hopeful Thomas Lukaszuk is incorrect in his assertion that employers are offering higher wages to attract workers. […]

Political debate in Alberta is rife with discussions of the province’s labour supply. Some pundits suggest that lack of labour undermines growth, while other analysts focus on the availability of […]

2014 Pension Fact Sheet

2014 TFWP – Report on Approvals at Minimum Wage_2014May26

2014 AFL Statement on Moratorium on Food Service Labour Market Opinions

Backgrounder_Alberta Employers with LMOs allowing them to pay less than “prevailing market wage”_2014Apr25

The Government is gutting the pension you paid for. Updated Information as of February 24, 2014 Updated Leaflet – Alberta Labour Coalition on Pensions Take action at http://www.truthaboutalbertapensions.ca/

Labour Coalition on Pensions – Open Letter to LAPP Members – March 6, 2014

AFL Backgrounder: Public-sector Wages March 5, 2014