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EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 16, 2016) - Alberta's labour movement is launching a campaign calling on the government to follow through on promises to raise the minimum wage to...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 2, 2016) - Predictably, Restaurants Canada launched a campaign today opposing Alberta's plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2018....

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 31, 2016) - New information on fatalities on Alberta farms demonstrates that the provincial government's controversial new farm worker law was needed...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 20, 2016) - Today's announcement of the composition of the six diverse working groups strikes a fair balance between agricultural employers, workers,...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 6, 2016) - This Mother's Day, Alberta's Fair Start Campaign is celebrating mothers and caregivers with a free family barbecue. The free...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 28, 2016) - Albertans should not allow the economic slowdown to undermine the safety of workers. During the commemoration of the...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 19, 2016) - The Trans-Pacific Partnership allows corporations to bring in unlimited exploitable foreign workers and fundamentally transforms the...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 18, 2016) - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will undermine the Canadian labour market, the leader of Alberta's largest labour organization will...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 14, 2016) - On Friday, April 15, volunteers from the Fight for $15 campaign will be meeting at the HUB Mall entrance of the University of Alberta...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 14, 2016) - Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan will be available in the legislature rotunda after the provincial budget is tabled. ...