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May 29, 2019 14:36 ET | Source: Alberta Federation of Labour

International experience shows youth wages kill jobs for older workers

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...
October 01, 2018 11:24 ET | Source: Alberta Federation of Labour

Move to $15 minimum wage will increase wage costs for employers by a paltry .6% of total wage costs, small price to pay for big benefits, concludes AFL study

EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study based on Statistics’ Canada Labour Force Survey provides fresh evidence that Alberta’s move to a $15 minimum wage is both good for...
September 26, 2017 18:20 ET | Source: Alberta Federation of Labour

Evidence shows a $15 Minimum Wage will be good for Alberta’s Economy

EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newly released business community reports are raising the alarm on the impact minimum wage increases could have on youth employment. Yet here in...