Labour Leaders to Premiers: Collective Bargaining, Better Labour Laws Good for the Economy
July 19, 2017 15:47 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 19, 2017) - Labour Leaders from across Canada are urging Canadian Premiers to recognize collective bargaining and better labour laws as...
Canada's Labour Leaders to the Premiers: Canadians Need Life-Saving Pharmacare Plan
July 18, 2017 13:33 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 18, 2017) - Labour Leaders from across Canada are urging provincial and territorial Premiers to lobby the federal government for a national...
Workers Compensation Reforms Desperately Needed and Long Overdue
July 06, 2017 16:59 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 6, 2017) - After decades of chronic problems, it is clear Alberta's Workers' Compensation system has lost its way and forgotten its purpose. The...
Liberal Child Care Announcement Falls Short of Growing Need
June 13, 2017 12:42 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 13, 2017) - With 40,000 new child care and early learning spaces in 10-year funding deal announcement, Trudeau government's plan falls far short of...
A Fair Start for Kids Requires a Fair Start for Workers
June 08, 2017 12:37 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 8, 2017) - This morning, Fair Start Alberta officially launched the second phase of their campaign: Fair Start for Workers. The campaign is calling on the...
Employers, Not Unions, Threaten and Intimidate Unionizing Workers
June 08, 2017 12:20 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 7, 2017) - While allegations of union "thugs" and employer intimidation are often thrown around, the evidence proves that if anyone is being...
Alberta is Unstacking the Deck with Updated Workplace Laws
May 24, 2017 17:11 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 24, 2017) - This afternoon the Alberta Government tabled Bill 17: the Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act which includes a number of amendments to...
Auditor General releases damning report on Temporary Foreign Work Program
May 16, 2017 16:10 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 16, 2017) - Earlier today the Auditor General released their audit of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, revealing that recent 2014 reforms and the...
Today we celebrate May Day
May 01, 2017 10:00 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 1, 2017) - May Day is a day to recognize workers' struggles all over the world. Born out of the struggle for the 8-hour work day more than a century...
It's Time to Unstack the Deck for working people in Alberta
April 29, 2017 16:17 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 29, 2017) - On Sunday afternoon, workers from across Alberta will be rallying in support of an Employment Standards Code with real teeth and a...