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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

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

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

PRESS RELEASE: “Blame the UCP!”

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

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

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

PRESS RELEASE: Smith government backs down on controversial TFW recruitment trip

PRESS RELEASE: AFL demands answers from Premier over UCP overseas Temporary Foreign Worker recruitment trip

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