AFL says UCP will soon add a “worker gag law” to its growing list of anti-democratic actions
26 nov. 2019 16h59 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First the UCP demonized environmentalists with the war room and the House Un-Albertan activities inquiry. Then they fired the independent...
Union leaders tell UCP: ‘The money saved by Albertans for retirement belongs to them, not to you!’
20 nov. 2019 12h00 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
Joint statement from the leaders of Alberta’s largest labour organizations EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the past two days, Albertans have been justifiably preoccupied...
New campaign asks Albertans to “Join the Resistance” against #KenneysCuts and the #KenneyRecession
05 nov. 2019 08h00 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Some of Alberta’s largest unions have launched a campaign aimed at stopping the Kenney government from triggering a recession by implementing deep...
New report confirms Kenney's budget will tip Alberta into recession and kill more jobs than the oil price collapse of 2014-16
30 oct. 2019 13h04 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report has confirmed earlier warnings that the UCP’s first budget will kill as many as 114,000 jobs, split between the public and private...
Budget cuts much deeper and more damaging than Kenney admits, says AFL
24 oct. 2019 18h24 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following is a statement from the Alberta Federation of Labour. Today’s budget cuts will be much deeper than Kenney admits. The reality is...
New Report Says Kenney’s Planned Public Service Cuts Will Devastate Alberta’s Economy
23 oct. 2019 10h00 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Implementation by the Kenney government of the MacKinnon report’s recommendations could drive Alberta’s economy into recession and result in the...
Unions to release report at United Nurses of Alberta convention that shows proposed UCP cuts would cause a “Kenney Recession”
18 oct. 2019 14h05 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHAT: Unions to release report at United Nurses of Alberta convention that shows proposed UCP cuts would cause a “Kenney Recession.” WHERE:...
Unions release top 10 list of “lies and distortions” being used by UCP to justify cuts
07 oct. 2019 13h27 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
McGowan urges citizens and reporters to use the list as protection against the “avalanche of b***s*** that the UCP is about to dump on our province” EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 07, 2019 (GLOBE...
Innocuous-sounding program announced today is really aimed at busting unions and suppressing wages, says AFL
01 oct. 2019 18h40 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Oct. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The innocuous-sounding “Employee Labour Relations Support Program,” announced today by the UCP, is really a union-busting initiative and part of a larger...
Life is harder for Alberta’s minimum wage workers this October 1
30 sept. 2019 16h17 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alberta’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) has gone up 1.3% since last year, yet for the first time this decade Alberta’s minimum wage workers won’t...