Tag: Worker Health and Safety
Working retail in the middle of the night needs to be treated as a workplace risk – AFL
Killings of two convenience store workers prompts call for action on late night workplace safety Edmonton – The killings of two workers in south Edmonton last night are a grim […]
Read more »Western labour leaders promise “unprecedented battle” if BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan water down workplace safety rules
Edmonton –The top labour movement leaders in Canada’s three westernmost provinces are putting the governments of BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan on notice: if they are planning to engage in a […]
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 »Court rules remand centre union in contempt
EDMONTON – The widespread wildcat strike that started last week with guards at Edmonton’s Remand Centre and spread to facilities throughout the province took a dramatic turn Monday night. After […]
Read more »2013 ltr to Hon Lukaszuk_Remand Centre Strike
2013 ltr to Hon Lukaszuk_Remand Centre Strike
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 »Redford reneges on farm worker safety
Seeds of reform fail to germinate when report omits update to Occupational Health and Safety Act Edmonton – Workers in Alberta’s agriculture sector deserve better says the Alberta Federation of […]
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 »Alberta issues record setting fine to Chinese state-owned oil firm
/An Alberta judge has ordered the Canadian arm of a Chinese state-owned oil company to pay the biggest workplace safety fine in the province’s history after the death of two […]
Read more »Sinopec $1.5 million penalty for workplace deaths a ‘slap on the wrist,’ says union
/A Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec, a Chinese state-owned oil corporation, was ordered to pay $1.5-million fine Thursday, approximately six years after a collapsing tank roof killed two Chinese workers at […]
Read more »Sinopec Oil Sands Workers’ Deaths: Energy Giant To Pay $1.5 Million
/ST. ALBERT, Alta. – A firm linked to a Chinese state-owned company was ordered Thursday to pay $1.5 million in penalties in the deaths of two foreign workers at an […]
Read more »Firm linked to China ordered to pay $1.5 million in deaths of workers in Alberta
/ST. ALBERT, Alta. – A firm linked to a Chinese state-owned company was ordered Thursday to pay $1.5 million in penalties in the deaths of two foreign workers at an […]
Read more »Largest workplace fine in Alberta history for oil giant’s role in the death of two Chinese workers
/ST. ALBERT – A Canadian subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in penalties for failing to ensure the safety of two Chinese […]
Read more »Sinopec fine just a slap on the wrist
Edmonton – A $1.5-million fine to oil giant Sinopec will do nothing to deter them from practices that endanger workers, according to the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL). At a […]
Read more »November 2012: Help us defeat Bill C-377, TFW program under the microscope, AFL and UFCW lead the charge for food safety
Temporary Foreign Worker program under the microscope The Alberta Federation of Labour will be paying close attention to the Federal review of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that was announced […]
Read more »Suncor Drug Testing: Energy Giant And Union Local 707 Back In Court
/Suncor Energy’s attempt to randomly test thousands of its oilsands workers for drugs and alcohol is back under scrutiny as proceedings began again this week. Arguments are being heard in […]
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 »Calgary mom outraged as stats show Alberta slow to prosecute unsafe employers
/Saskatchewan prosecutes four times as many cases The province’s workplace safety prosecution record is drawing fire, as new figures show signifi cantly fewer cases were taken to court last year […]
Read more »Calgary mom outraged as stats show Alberta slow to prosecute unsafe employers
Saskatchewan prosecutes four times as many cases The province’s workplace safety prosecution record is drawing fire, as new figures show signifi cantly fewer cases were taken to court last year […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour lauds ruling that protects worker privacy
Injunction against drug testing upheld by Court of Queen’s Bench Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling a ruling that protects workers in the oil sands from […]
Read more »2012 Submission on Social Policy Framework to AB Govt Human Services
2012 Submission on Social Policy Framework to AB Govt Human Services
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