Tag: Workers’ Rights

Program intended to address shortages in high-skill jobs A federal program intended to fast-track skilled workers into Canada is instead being used by a “who’s who” of fast-food chains and […]

Todd Bender doesn’t seem like he’d be in the market for temporary foreign workers: He’s executive director of CityKidz, a faith-driven group working with young people in inner-city Hamilton. His […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour called for an inquiry Tuesday after it obtained a government list of more than 4,000 companies given approval to hire temporary foreign workers last year, […]

The B.C. Federation of Labour has joined its counterpart in Alberta in a call for an immediate freeze on the country’s accelerated process for temporary foreign workers applications. “The fast […]

OTTAWA—The federal government is investigating the possible abuse of the temporary foreign workers hiring program by Canadian companies and is expected to overhaul it to put greater onus on businesses […]

The RBC scandal is the “tip of the iceberg,” a unionist says; taxpayers have a right to know who’s benefiting and where the real labour shortages are. The RBC scandal […]

Earlier this week, news broke that RBC plans to hire 45 temporary foreign workers through iGate, an IT contractor, to fill positions of employees who say that, in fact, they’re […]

Earlier this week, news broke that RBC plans to hire 45 temporary foreign workers through iGate, an IT contractor, to fill positions of employees who say that, in fact, they’re […]

Alberta Federation of Labour calls for inquiry in light of growing evidence of fraud Edmonton, April 9 – A list of fast-tracked temporary foreign worker applications shows that scandals at […]

This document, FOIP A-2012-00448 SS_ALMOs under the TFW program_2013Feb04, obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour through an Access to Information request, lists all approved TFW applications in the first […]

Backgrounder: ‘Accelerated’ TFW approvals reveals widespread abuse of program

Fast-food chains and convenience stores are using a loophole in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program to keep labour costs down, says an Alberta labour group. Labour spokesperson Gil McGowan says […]

EDMONTON — A labour group is calling for a review of a federal program designed to help employers quickly hire temporary foreign workers for high-skill jobs. The Alberta Federation of […]

Alberta Federation of Labour to call for inquiry in light of growing evidence of fraud Edmonton – A list of fast-tracked temporary foreign worker applications shows that scandals at Royal […]

The latest federal budget is “an insult to Canadians,” says Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan, who says the government’s promise to promote Canadians over the Temporary Foreign Worker […]

Significant numbers of temporary foreign workers continued to move to Alberta even as the economy shed jobs during the recession, says a new report from the province’s largest labour group. […]

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 […]

2013 Backgrounder_Study_Attacks on Public Sector Workers Target Women’s Wages March 2013

So-called ‘studies’ on public sector workers really an attack on women’s pay Edmonton – On International Women’s Day, the Alberta Federation of Labour released a new study of women in […]

Days ahead of the provincial budget, Alberta’s largest unions are calling on Premier Alison Redford to avoid Ralph Klein-like cuts to the public service in a bid to balance the […]

EDMONTON – In a show of unity, nurses, teachers and labour groups joined Monday to condemn “Klein-style cuts” they say are coming to public services in Thursday’s provincial budget. Premier […]

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 […]

CALGARY – Premier Alison Redford’s first economic summit primed Albertans for a consumption tax, foreshadowed coming service cuts and reiterated the need to access new markets for oilsands products. Virtually […]

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 […]