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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...