Kenney shows contempt for workers and democracy
June 20, 2019 13:20 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation of Labour, is outraged by actions taken by Premier Jason Kenney...
Big Surprise! Restaurants Canada is back again with another campaign opposing Alberta’s minimum wage and workplace reforms
February 12, 2019 11:38 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Predictably, Restaurants Canada is launching a third-party election campaign this morning which includes proposing rollbacks to minimum wage...
Doug Ford betrays Ontarians by siding with big business over working people, say leaders in Fight for $15 and Fairness movement including Ontario Federation of Labour and Workers’ Action Center
October 23, 2018 14:30 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s announcement by the government of Ontario repealing the majority of Bill 148 steals basic rights from Ontario workers. Ford’s plan cuts wages,...
REMINDER/Labour Day quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour: ‘How well do you know your rights in the workplace?’
September 03, 2018 06:00 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Sept. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- How well do you know your rights in the workplace? Take a seven-question quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour at myrights.ca to find out. To...
REMINDER/Labour Day quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour: ‘How well do you know your rights in the workplace?’
September 01, 2018 06:00 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Sept. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- How well do you know your rights in the workplace? Take a seven-question quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour at myrights.ca to find out. To...
Labour Day quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour: ‘How well do you know your rights in the workplace?’
August 31, 2018 09:23 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- How well do you know your rights in the workplace? Take a seven-question quiz from the Ontario Federation of Labour at myrights.ca to find out. To...
AFL applauds pay-before-you-pump law, but says more needs to be done to protect gas station and convenience store workers
October 30, 2017 18:34 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The pay-before-you-pump rules contained in Bill 19 will save lives by eliminating gas-and-dash deaths, but more work is needed to protect gas...
Alberta Federation of Labour: Ki Yun Jo’s Gas-and-Dash Death Didn’t Have to Happen
October 11, 2017 15:03 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the October 6th gas-and-dash death of Ki Yun Jo, a gas station attendant in Thorsby, the Alberta government must introduce...
Evidence shows a $15 Minimum Wage will be good for Alberta’s Economy
September 26, 2017 18:20 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newly released business community reports are raising the alarm on the impact minimum wage increases could have on youth employment. Yet here in...
Alberta Needs Gas-and-Dash Laws
September 20, 2017 13:50 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alberta Federation of Labour is calling on the Alberta Government to follow Husky Energy’s lead and introduce pay-at-the-pump rules for Albertan...