Tag: Worker Health and Safety

CALGARY — A Redford government plan to target employers who repeatedly defy the province’s safety laws with new penalties of up to $10,000 is being opposed by an industry group […]

BROOKS, Alta. — Alberta’s labour movement wants a public inquiry into what went wrong at XL Foods’ beef plant in Brooks. It was closed after E. coli contamination was found […]

BROOKS, Alta. — Alberta’s labour movement wants a public inquiry into what went wrong at XL Foods’ beef plant in Brooks. It was closed after E. coli contamination was found […]

It’s been a sad week for workplace accidents in Alberta. Five workers have died in as many days, in unrelated accidents. The first accident happened Monday and involved a man […]

EDMONTON – Five people are dead in as many days after a spate of workplace accidents around the province this week. Occupational Health and Safety spokesman Brookes Merritt said the […]

New ownership not enough to restore confidence in ‘Alberta’s brand’ Brooks, AB – The Alberta Federation of Labour and United Food and Commercial Workers are calling on Premier Alison Redford […]

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. […]

BROOKS, Alta. — The union for workers at an Alberta meat packer shut down over E. coli concerns says the pace of slaughter operations forces workers to take shortcuts around […]

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 […]

The sister of a Sherwood Park man who drowned on the job in Fort McMurray is urging workers to watch out for each other. Christopher Fontaine, 32, was found dead […]

Dan Urban has been farming just west of Innisfail for years without a serious injury of any kind. Still, he knows he can’t let his guard down for a second. […]

A leaked draft of a farm safety report is drawing new attention to a black hole in Alberta’s labour legislation: Farm workers on traditional farms continue to be the only […]

Re: “Voluntary safety rules for farms ineffective, experts say,” Sept. 18. It is hard to describe how disheartening, how damaging, how dreadful it must be for farm workers and their […]

Literally everybody – and that includes Alberta Premier Alison Redford – knows that permitting an industry to “voluntarily” self-regulate the health and safety of its own workers amounts to a […]

Ltr to Premier Redford to remain steadfast on commitment to protect farm workers

AFL urges Premier to remain steadfast on commitment to protect farm workers Status quo with respect to farm safety is simply not good enough, writes McGowan EDMONTON – Gil McGowan, […]

New farm safety rules ‘useless’ Experts hit out at voluntary certifications A provincially funded research body says a leaked proposal for voluntary safety certification of Alberta’s agriculture industry won’t curb […]

Two-Tier Minimum Wage lberta’s poorly written two-tier minimum wage system is open to abuse by employers who are taking advantage of these laws to rip off the lowest-paid workers in […]

Lack of protection for Alberta farm workers was highlighted Aug. 20 by Alberta’s New Democrats and the Alberta Federation of Labour. The two groups used the occasion of the AFL-designated […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) says the government’s decision to withhold information on farm fatalities is an attempt to move the issue to the back burner and off the […]

Liberal MLA David Swann has called on one snack food company to stop using Alberta-produced potatoes, as child labour in the province’s industry remains unregulated. In Alberta, one member of […]

Government accused of ignoring farm workers’ rights The Alberta government’s failure to post its annual report of farm work-related fatalities has brought allegations from the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) […]

Province should give farm workers occupational safeguards The province was called upon again this week to give Alberta farm workers the same protections as those in other occupations, and in […]

Union says workers unprotected The Alberta Federation of Labour is criticizing the provincial government for no longer reporting farm fatalities. The federation says the move is an example of how […]