Tag: Wages

Minimum-wage earners in Alberta won’t see any salary hike as the province on Friday announced a freeze for 2010, keeping workers’ hourly pay at $8.80. While the Canadian Federation of […]

Join Together Alberta – a coalition campaign to save Alberta’s public services. The Join Together Alberta campaign was conceived and launched jointly by a number of Alberta unions and union […]

The minimum wage in Alberta is going up on April 1 from $8 per hour to $8.40. The Alberta government has put in place a system where the minimum wage […]

Anyone working for minimum wage will be glad to know they’re getting a raise, but employers might find their payroll getting tighter as they have to raise wages across the […]

On April 1, Alberta’s minimum wage increased from $8 to $8.40 per hour. In June 2007 the Alberta government announced the increase to minimum wage would be based on the […]

When people find out they are going to be making more money, it is usually cause for celebration. The recent increase of Alberta’s minimum wage however, has launched a new […]

EDMONTON – Alberta’s minimum wage hike kicks in on April Fool’s Day, but an organization representing labour groups suggests $8.40 cents an hour is still a sad joke. The Alberta […]

An Alberta labour organization says the province’s 40-cent wage hike on April Fool’s Day is a sad joke. The increase, effective Tuesday, boosts Alberta’s minimum wage to $8.40 an hour […]

The head of Alberta’s largest labour group is calling out the provincial government for what he says is a “drop in the bucket” when it comes to the minimum wage. […]

Cochrane Times – As of April 1, Alberta’s minimum wage will increase from $8 to $8.40 per hour. According to Premier Ed Stelmach, the wage increase will ensure that it […]

Alberta’s minimum wage will increase from $8 to $8.40 per hour on April 1. “Alberta’s experiencing a time of great prosperity,” said Premier Ed Stelmach, adding that the wage increase […]

Alberta’s minimum wage will jump to $8.40 per hour from $8 per hour on April 1, making it the highest minimum wage in Canada after taxes, but the Alberta Federation […]

CALGARY — Alberta’s higher minimum wage set to kick in April 1 is progress but condemns the lowest earners to continued poverty, a union leader said yesterday. Premier Ed Stelmach […]

Edmonton–Although the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) wholeheartedly approves of the Alberta government’s announcement of an automatic increase to the minimum wage in the province, the province’s senior labour central […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour responded today to a Conference Board of Canada study, released this morning, stating that wages across Canada are on the rise due to wage pressure […]

Labour Economic Monitor (October 2007) As the economic boom in Alberta reached its crest over the last two years, employers and the business media alerted the public to a new […]

New research produced by the Alberta Federation of Labour and the Parkland Institute shows that wages in Alberta are lagging behind the rate of inflation. As well, inequality is on […]

This Labour Day, wage-earning Albertans should resolve to grab a bigger piece of our province’s economic pie, says union leader It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy […]

KEVIN NEWMAN: Well with so many of us returning to the habit of waking to an alarm clock again, a new survey of Canadian workers on this Labour Day showing […]

It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy heats up, business people reward themselves with bigger salaries and hefty bonuses. “We’ve earned it,” they tell themselves as they […]

It was only a matter of time. Whenever the economy heats up, business people reward themselves with bigger salaries and hefty bonuses. “We’ve earned it,” they tell themselves as they […]

The announcement of $40 billion worth of new energy industry projects in the past two weeks, including Shell Canada’s plans to spend $27 billion to construct a massive oilsands processing […]

Seizing the Time: Collective Bargaining in a Boom Economy (May 2007) Policy paper adopted at AFL 45th Constitutional Convention, May 10-13, 2007

Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, January 10, 2007 There’s no denying that times are good in Alberta. Unemployment is low, profits are high – and many […]