2014 LMOs issued for less than prevailing wage rates
Internal FOIP Documents:
2014 LMOs issued for less than prevailing wage rates
Supporting document to News Release Aug 15: Alberta companies given green light to underpay thousands of TFWs
2014 Overview of locations and jobs where TFWs were paid less than Canadians
Overview of locations and jobs where TFWs were paid less than Canadians
Supporting document to News Release Aug 15: Alberta companies given green light to underpay thousands of TFWs
Message from Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan in Regards to CRTC Fines
The AFL sent an interactive telephone broadcast message to hundreds of thousands of Albertans in the final week of the last election campaign in order to poll opinion on the Wildrose Party’s position on healthcare.
From the beginning, we wanted to comply with all CRTC regulations regarding recorded voice messages. However, in contravention of the rules, we failed to include a 1-800 number and our address. That was a mistake and we admit it.
We have taken responsibility for that mistake from day one. With that in mind, we have agreed to pay a $50,000 fine. We are also in the process of developing internal systems to ensure all CRTC rules are followed in the future.
We want to make it abundantly clear that we have no problem with the CRTC’s rules about recorded voice messages. The rules are fair and the CRTC has been even-handed in the enforcement of the rules.
As the CRTC made clear in their press release, from the very beginning everyone at the Alberta Federation of Labour has co-operated with them. We have worked with them to make sure that regulations are better understood, and that this will not happen again.
As president of the AFL, I know that the buck stops with me. I have learned lessons from this experience. Every effort will be made to ensure that all future broadcast messages from the AFL are in full compliance of the rules.
2014 Fact Check: P3 Model Bad for Alberta Taxpayers
For Immediate Release
Friday, July 18, 2014
P3 Model Bad for Alberta Taxpayers
Lukaszuk’s Appointed P3 Board Idea a ‘Recipe for Corruption’
Edmonton - PC leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk’s proposal to create a “secretariat” that would oversee negotiations of Private-Public Partnerships (P3s) ignores the reality that P3s cost more, deliver less, and could open the door to corruption.
In comments made to the Edmonton Journal, the former deputy premier admitted that P3 deals concerned him, and that he saw the potential for Albertans to be “taken for a ride.” His proposed solution is to create a special cabinet-appointed board to oversee Private-Public Partnerships, and to negotiate on behalf of the province.
2014 Fact Check: Candidates for Premier Look to Open TFW Floodgates
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Candidates for Premier Look to Open TFW Floodgates
PC Leadership contenders all buy into bogus labour shortage claims
Edmonton – Ric McIver is using bogus claims of a provincial labour shortage as a scare tactic in the race to become Alberta’s new premier.
Neither of his rivals, Jim Prentice nor Thomas Lukaszuk, has refuted the premise of his argument that the province needs more control over the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to give employers more access to cheap, disposable workers. http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/leadership+hopeful+McIver+urges+Alberta+solution/10029973/story.html
2014 Fact Check: Wages Stagnate For Alberta’s Least-Paid Workers
PC Leadership candidate misinformed about how much employers pay
Edmonton – Tory Leadership Hopeful Thomas Lukaszuk is incorrect in his assertion that employers are offering higher wages to attract workers.
At a Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast on Monday, the former Deputy Premier said: “We do have a bona fide shortage of workers and in certain parts of the province, like Bonnyville, Cold Lake, Fort McMurray, Hinton, and Edson. No matter how much employers pay, they can’t attract workers to entry-level positions.” This quote was reported on Global News (http://globalnews.ca/news/1437094/alberta-pc-leadership-hopefuls-work-pancake-circuit/)
Truth or Scare: Are claims of a labour shortage in Alberta based on evidence
Political debate in Alberta is rife with discussions of the province’s
labour supply. Some pundits suggest that lack of labour undermines
growth, while other analysts focus on the availability of good paying
jobs. However, there has been a dearth of empirical data and
evidence-based analysis of the relationship between the availability of
workers and the supply of jobs. This paper begins to fill that gap.