"Bully bill" will give UCP power to impose wage cuts without negotiation
17 juin 2019 15h22 HE
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Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bill 9, the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act, is much more draconian than the UCP has led Albertans to believe, says the Alberta...
Alberta unions unite against UCP “bully bill” aimed at breaking legally-binding contracts
13 juin 2019 17h20 HE
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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
13 juin 2019 14h03 HE
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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
29 mai 2019 14h36 HE
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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
27 mai 2019 19h45 HE
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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
27 mai 2019 15h50 HE
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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
14 mai 2019 17h41 HE
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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
13 mai 2019 16h04 HE
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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?
10 avr. 2019 17h43 HE
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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
08 avr. 2019 13h24 HE
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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...