Celebration sat side-by-side with mourning on this year’s Day of Mourning
Labour activists and leaders enthusiastically welcomed the Alberta government’s new plan to consider holding some employers criminally responsible for workplace fatalities
Read moreIt’s Time to Unstack the Deck for working people in Alberta
AFL launches public campaign in support of worker rights
Read moreNew restrictions on Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Alberta are good news for workers
Joint federal-provincial program will force employers in 29 job categories to look for unemployed locals first
Read moreDay for the Elimination of Racism
AFL pledges to renew our commitment to fighting for equality for all workers
Read moreAlberta has a revenue problem that was decades in the making
Budget 2017 needs to protect public services and look forward to revenue reform
Read moreGovernment must stand strong on protecting farm and ranch workers’ rights
Technical working group reports released today show need for strong leadership
Read moreCoalition of coal workers unveils transition plan
Report examines how Alberta can be a leader in phase out of emissions from coal-fired electricity
Read morePC-era government report shows they knew agricultural workplace laws were necessary
Thousands of accidents, dozens of deaths every year on Alberta farms prove modernization of agricultural employment laws needed
Read moreAlberta Federation of Labour condemns Quebec City attacks, urges action on Islamophobia
The Alberta Federation of Labour unequivocally condemns all violent acts against our Muslim brothers and sisters. We believe that the union saying ‘an injury to one is an injury to all’ is true across creed, colour, gender, nationality and class.
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