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PRESS RELEASE: Alberta unions unveil historic “collective defence” commitment to each other

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) and over 20 Alberta unions, representing more than 300,000 Alberta workers, have unveiled what they are calling

March 26, 2025

STATEMENT: Alberta’s budget is a recipe for confrontation with workers and unions

EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan made the following statement in response to the Government of Alberta’s Budget: “This provincial budget

February 27, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: AFL launches “Adopt-a-Striker” action to counter UCP efforts to “starve education workers out”

EDMONTON – The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) says the UCP has a clear strategy of trying to “starve education workers out”

February 21, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: AFL urges Smith to “pick a side” in the war against Trump’s tariffs

EDMONTON – In a strongly-word letter to Premier Danielle Smith, the president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group says it’s time for Alberta to get

February 3, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: Alberta wages have fallen behind both BC and Quebec, says new report released by the Alberta Federation of Labour

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) and Canada’s leading progressive economist, Dr. Jim Stanford, released a devastating new report, entitled “The Alberta Wage

January 28, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: “Blame the UCP!”

EDMONTON – Frustrated or annoyed by school board strikes in Edmonton, Fort McMurray, or Sturgeon County? Blame the UCP. That’s the message from Gil McGowan,

January 14, 2025

STATEMENT: AFL president praises Edmonton school workers for standing up for better wages and school funding

Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan made the following statement in response to news that members of CUPE 3550, representing workers at the Edmonton

January 9, 2025

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December 23, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: AFL president warns Sobeys/Safeway CEO to back away from plan to claw back wages from employees during cost-of-living crisis

EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker organization, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), has sent a scathing letter to the CEO of the

December 19, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: AFL responds to federal back-to-work order for CUPW strikers: Liberals have “made a mockery of the collective bargaining process,” says AFL

EDMONTON – “Yesterday, unions representing 350,000 Alberta workers sent a letter to Team Trudeau urging them to respect the bargaining process. They ignored us. When

December 16, 2024

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