Tag: strike action

Fort McMurray local faces job losses due to government mismanagement Edmonton – More than 50 postal workers in Fort McMurray walked off the job this morning to protest contracting out […]

Draconian and punitive dues suspension is of concern to workers across Alberta Edmonton – Elected labour leaders representing more than 160,000 workers throughout Alberta are worried about the implications of […]

What: News Conference today at 4:30 PM Where: Glenora Room, Main Floor Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel 10155 – 105th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1E2 When: 4:30 PM, Wednesday, May 1 […]

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AFL urges premier to address health and safety concerns of workers so situation can be resolved Edmonton – Alberta’s largest labour group, representing 160,000 workers, is urging the premier to […]

Issue: Information picket in support of United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) strikers. Action Requested: Affiliates are urged to attend an information picket at Alberta Health Services headquarters. When:Friday, January 4th, […]

The country’s beef industry is embattled in controversy and in Edmonton the turkey processing business is joining in the bad press. About 200 workers from the UFCW Local 1118 are […]

Issue: RALLY for CEP 52A Edmonton Catholic Support staff Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:30 AM Edmonton Catholic Support Staff are well into their second week of their strike. Friday’s […]

Issue: Support staff at Edmonton Catholic have overwhelmingly rejected the offer made by their employers, the Edmonton Catholic School Board. The employer refuses to negotiate the second year of wages […]

Issue: Edmonton Catholic Schools Support Staff, members of CEP Local 52A went out on strike today, September 10, 2012. They are on strike for negotiated wage increases and working hours. […]

Two-Tier Minimum Wage lberta’s poorly written two-tier minimum wage system is open to abuse by employers who are taking advantage of these laws to rip off the lowest-paid workers in […]

Issue: UFCW 1118 on strike/lockout for fair wages and working hours since Saturday, August 25, 2012. Actions Requested: Support your sisters and brothers on the picket line at 127 Avenue […]

After nearly eight weeks walking the line, strikers remain as strong as ever at McKesson Canada facilities in Edmonton. Now it’s time to show them the strength of your support! […]

Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour Good evening and thank you all for coming. We’ve organized this rally tonight to send a message to Telus. And based […]

Numerous trucks and employee vehicles were kept out of the Safeway distribution centre by striking workers on Labour Day, an act the Alberta Labour Relations Board deemed “unlawful” late Monday […]

EDMONTON – While the first day of picketing shut down work inside a major Canada Safeway distribution centre and ice-cream plant in west Edmonton, the effects of the strike and […]

EDMONTON – Today’s news that Maple Leaf Foods is abusing temporary foreign workers at its poultry plant in Edmonton and attempting to use them as pawns to drive wages down […]

EDMONTON (CP) _ Striking workers at a century-old Molson Canada brewery will continue to picket despite the company’s decision to shut the plant down, say union officials. ”The closure is […]

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour is highly critical of the Molson Coors shut-down of its Edmonton plant announced yesterday afternoon. “The American-based Coors Molson Company is closing a […]

CALGARY — This may be the summer of unrest in the West, as thousands of municipal and forestry workers have walked off the job in British Columbia and thousands more […]

CALGARY — Five oilsands construction unions have voted overwhelmingly to strike, in a move that could halt work at oil-sands projects in Fort McMurray, Alta., as early as next week. […]

The suits of silly hall are often silly, but not as often stupid. They know they don’t have to actually negotiate with our world-class paramedics any more than they wish. […]

The city’s paramedics are moving ahead with strike preparations after again rejecting an offer to enter into binding arbitration to settle their contract dispute. And while they won’t be specific […]

Edmonton Journal, Page B5, Sat July 21 2007Byline: Kim Guttormson CALGARY – Calgary’s paramedics are moving ahead with what are likely futile strike preparations, after rejecting an offer to enter […]