Alberta unions unite against UCP “bully bill” aimed at breaking legally-binding contracts
June 13, 2019 17:20 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alberta labour leaders will present a united front today as they gather at the legislature to protest what they describe as the UCP’s latest...
Media Advisory: Alberta labour leaders respond to UCP government’s Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act today
June 13, 2019 14:03 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The leaders of Alberta’s largest unions will be at the legislature today to comment on the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act. The...
International experience shows youth wages kill jobs for older workers
May 29, 2019 14:36 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Why would the government, in this day and age, go backwards to a youth minimum wage, something that was actually phased out in the 1990s because...
Working Albertans lose big with Kenney’s Bills 2 and 3
May 27, 2019 19:45 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, May 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Kenney government’s Bill 2 and proposed Bill 3 are bad news for working Albertans and the Alberta economy because one will cut wages and the other will...
Media Advisory: Alberta labour’s response to UCP Government Tabling of Bill 2
May 27, 2019 15:50 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gil McGowan, President, Alberta Federation of Labour will be available for comment on Bill 2: An Act to Make Alberta Open for Business after 4:15...
Bargaining in bad faith: attack on public sector begins
May 14, 2019 17:41 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) supports the United Nurses of Alberta’s (UNA) application to the Alberta Labour Relations Board to review...
No evidence Kenney’s tax cut will create any jobs or stimulate Alberta economy
May 13, 2019 16:04 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Federation of Labour disagrees that Kenney’s “trickle-down” economic tax cut for profitable corporations will create jobs or stimulate...
What is life really like for Ontarians under Doug Ford?
April 10, 2019 17:43 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, April 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jason Kenney famously said that he and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are so much alike that they “finish each other’s sentences”. So, the Alberta...
AFL Releases Report on Employment impact of UCP and NDP fiscal platforms; AFL Believes UCP plan will lead to 60,000 lost jobs over four years
April 08, 2019 13:24 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Federation of Labour commissioned economist Hugh Mackenzie to provide an analysis of UCP and NDP platforms, with a special focus on...
One fifth of Albertans work overtime each week; these are the people who will be hurt by Kenney’s OT plan
April 05, 2019 13:48 ET
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, April 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Changes to overtime rules proposed by the UCP would have a substantial impact on many Alberta workers. By allowing employers to pay banked hours...