Tag: Wages

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

Documents released by AFL show TFWs are being used to suppress wages in oil sands-related construction; some businesses fill more than half their jobs with TFWs Edmonton – Internal government […]

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. […]

2014 TFWP – Report on Approvals at Minimum Wage_2014May26

“Government shouldn’t be in the business of helping employers keep wages low,” says AFL EDMONTON – An audit of the Temporary Foreign Worker program (TFWP) reveals that thousands of employers […]

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

AFL reveals hundreds of unlawful TFW permits issued by Minister Kenney EDMONTON – Problems with the Temporary Foreign Worker program are not limited to the food service industry. An Alberta […]

2014 Executive Summary AFL Submision on Employment Standards Review

Jobs Minister floats suggestion to increase scope of jobs that 12-year-olds can be hired into Edmonton – Alberta’s largest worker organization is asking the province to take the expansion of […]

Government puts itself on “collision course” with workers Edmonton – Today’s provincial budget is a flawed document designed around false economies and myths about public-sector workers. During his budget speech, […]

U of T study busts myth that public-sector wages out-of-line with the private sector Edmonton – Alberta’s public-sector workers are paid, on average, the same as their private-sector counterparts, according […]

AFL Backgrounder: Public-sector Wages March 5, 2014

Employers are becoming emboldened as Harper Government continues to turn a blind eye to abuse of TFW program Edmonton – The time has come for Canadian construction workers to express […]

Generosity for an overpaid inner circle while freezing workers’ wages Edmonton – Premier Alison Redford offered a fierce — and disingenuous — defense of high salaries for her inner circle […]

Action Request: Fill the Legislature Gallery in opposition to Bill 45 and 46! When: TONIGHT Wednesday, December 4, 2013 7:30 p.m. *Seating provided on a first-come, first-serve basis Where: Alberta […]

AFL and unions next in line for bargaining say a task force on public-sector labour relations is needed to rebuild trust Edmonton – The leaders of the Alberta Federation of […]

Ltr to Redford_Bills 45 and 46 from union leaders_2013Dec 04

Action Request: Fill the Legislature Gallery in opposition to Bill 45 and 46! When: TONIGHT Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:30 p.m. Where: Alberta Legislature Gallery 4th Floor, Legislature Building (10800 […]

Action Request: Rally against the Provincial Government’s Bill 45 and 46 When: TODAY – Monday, December 2, 2013 Where: CALGARY – MacDougall Centre 455 – 6 Street SW, Calgary 6:30 […]

Frequently asked questions on Bills 45 and 46

Edmonton – The Redford wage freeze breaks promises and breaks laws. The legislation, which the government tabled on Wednesday, will ignore the bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of Albertans […]

2013 Fact Sheet 4_Breaking a Promise and Breaking the Law-Public Sector Wages 4 of 6 fact sheets issued