Innocuous-sounding program announced today is really aimed at busting unions and suppressing wages, says AFL
EDMONTON – The innocuous-sounding “Employee Labour Relations Support Program,” announced today by the UCP, is really a union-busting initiative and part of a larger wage suppression agenda being pursued by the Kenney government, says the president of Alberta largest worker advocacy organization.
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Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, today made the following statement:
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