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EDMONTON – As Canada continues to grapple with its colonial past, the recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a federal statutory holiday can be seen as an important breakthrough in raising awareness of Canada’s residential school system. However, more needs to be done to ensure that working people can properly honour the day, and we as labour activists must also reflect on what we can do – individually and collectively – to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

Edmonton – September 2, 2022 – What do education workers in our schools and scaffolders on construction sites in the oilsands have in common?

The answer is simple and frustrating: neither group has the right to withdraw their labour to address emergent workplace concerns that fall outside the regular schedule of bargaining, even if those issues are of an urgent and pressing nature.

Workers need a break from higher prices, says Alberta Federation of Labour

UPDATE: This analysis was updated on August 16, 2022, to include newly released data on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July 2022.

Statement from the Alberta Federation of Labour

Third Day of Mourning under the shadow of the pandemic can be the last if we take action to make indoor environments safer

Kenney’s Alberta pension scheme is ‘risky’ and ‘costly’ and he knows it

AFL calls on Albertans to join the fight to stop UCP from privatizing our health care