Tag: worker health
Tenth annual Farm Workers Day marks track record of government indifference
Despite promises of reform, province’s agricultural workers are excluded from employment standards Calgary – As agricultural workers mark the province’s tenth annual Farm Workers Day, Alberta remains the only place […]
Read more »Website now ranks Alberta employers on workplace safety
Labour leaders are giving rare praise to the Alberta government for a revamped website that allows people to find out which employers have the highest number of workplace deaths and […]
Read more »Alberta remains one of the most dangerous places in Canada to be a worker
AFL calls for action on worker safety during Day of Mourning For Workers Killed or Injured On the Job EDMONTON – Alberta is one of most dangerous places in Canada […]
Read more »Redford’s Promise to Farm Workers Unfulfilled
Federation of Labour Reminds Premier of Her Promise to Improve Farm Safety Regulations Edmonton – Farm workers deserve straight answers as to why Alison Redford has not fulfilled her promise […]
Read more »May 2013: Alberta embracing The Better Way Campaign; 19th Annual Kids’ Camp; AFL wins battle in fight against exploitation of Temporary Foreign Workers; Convention videos online at AFL Yo…
Urgent Action: Alberta embracing The Better Way Campaign Since April 1, moviegoers all over Alberta have been getting a message on the Better Way Alberta campaign. The message, in which […]
Read more »Government needs to get its priorities straight when it comes to resolving prison strikes
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 […]
Read more »Province refuses to release unsafe employer information
/Ignores recommendation from freedom of information commissioner Alberta Human Services refuses to release information that would identify the province’s most unsafe, “high-risk employers,” effectively brushing off a ruling by the […]
Read more »Silence on the Floor
/The recent meat recall at XL Foods Inc. in Brooks, Alberta is not wanting in superlatives. It is one of the most massive meat recalls in Canadian history involving one […]
Read more »New beef plant management won’t affect inspection: CFIA
/Food inspectors say a management takeover at the plant at the centre of Canada’s largest beef recall will not impact their decision about if and when the facility can reopen. […]
Read more »XL Foods union calls for inquiry as E. coli cases hit 12
Union holds news conference to discuss safety protocols, meat production expectations The union representing workers at XL Foods Inc. is calling for a public inquiry into the massive beef recallat […]
Read more »XL Foods ‘deeply regrets’ that people got sick
CALGARY — As inspectors descended on the shuttered meat processing plant in Brooks, Alta., Tuesday, the company behind the country’s largest beef recall issued its first comments in days. “We […]
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