Tag: Wages
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 […]
Read more »2014 Backgrounder: Construction Trades ATIP Requests
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
Read more »2014 Backgrounder: ATIP Documents on Employers with TFW-Dominated Workforces
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
Read more »2014 Fact Check: Candidates for Premier Look to Open TFW Floodgates
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 […]
Read more »2014 Fact Check: Wages Stagnate For Alberta’s Least-Paid Workers
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. […]
Read more »Government allows thousands of employers to underpay TFWs
“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 […]
Read more »2014 TFWP – Report on Approvals at Minimum Wage_2014May26
2014 TFWP – Report on Approvals at Minimum Wage_2014May26
Read more »Problems with TFW program extend beyond food services sector
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 […]
Read more »2014 Backgrounder_Alberta Employers with LMOs allowing them to pay less than “prevailing market wage”_2014Apr25
Backgrounder_Alberta Employers with LMOs allowing them to pay less than “prevailing market wage”_2014Apr25
Read more »2014 Executive Summary AFL Submision on Employment Standards Review
2014 Executive Summary AFL Submision on Employment Standards Review
Read more »AFL Sounds Alarm on Expansion of Child Labour
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 […]
Read more »Alberta budget based on lies
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, […]
Read more »Alberta Public-sector wages are “statistically indistinguishable” from private sector
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 […]
Read more »2014 Backgrounder: Public-sector Wages
AFL Backgrounder: Public-sector Wages March 5, 2014
Read more »Yet another group of Canadian Tradesworkers displaced by low-cost TFWs on Oil Sands construction site
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 […]
Read more »The two faces of Premier Redford
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 […]
Read more »URGENT ACTION ALERT-UPDATE: Fill the Legislature Gallery in opposition to Bill 45 and 46!
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 […]
Read more »Unions urge Redford to suspend debate on Bills 45 and 46 to avoid a “generation of poisoned labour relations”
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 […]
Read more »2013 Ltr to Redford_Bills 45 and 46 from union leaders
Ltr to Redford_Bills 45 and 46 from union leaders_2013Dec 04
Read more »URGENT ACTION ALERT: Fill the Legislature Gallery in opposition to Bill 45 and 46
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 […]
Read more »URGENT ACTION ALERT: Rally against the Provincial Government’s Bill 45 and 46
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 […]
Read more »Frequently Asked Questions on Bills 45 and 46
Frequently asked questions on Bills 45 and 46
Read more »Alberta Government breaks promises – and laws – with wage freeze legislation
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 […]
Read more »Urgent Action Alert: Stop The Wage Freeze Rally
Action Request: Stop The Wage Freeze Rally When: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Where: Legislative Assembly of Alberta 10800 – 97 Avenue NW, Edmonton Issue:The Government of Alberta […]
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