Tag: worker health

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]