Jobs. Wages. Your rights at work. Most of us spend a good chunk of our time working to make a living. But are you getting a fair deal?

The Alberta Federation of Labour is the central voice for unions and working people in Alberta.  We work together to make sure people like you get the wages, respect and protection in the workplace you deserve!

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Join Together at the Legislature, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Provincial budget cuts to public services and education hurt Albertans. March to the Legislature on March 20th and show your support for public services. Read more ...

2010 Mid-Term Forum - Getting Our Act Together: New Ideas and New Approaches for Building a Union Future.  The recession, the emergence of the Wildrose Alliance Party, cuts to public services - these are just a few of the challenges facing unions today. How will the labour movement adapt and emerge as a stronger entity? Read more ...

2010 Project - "On the Line: The Struggles of Alberta's Packing Plant Workers."  This second booklet in the Project 2012 series details the battles for labour recognition and decent contracts in meat-packing plants of Alberta. Please contact the AFL offices, 10654 - 101 Street, Edmonton T5H 2S1 for copies or e-mail afl@afl.org.

April 25, 2009 - Entrenching Exploitation.  The AFL has released the second report of its Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate. This report updates the working and living conditions of foreign workers, evaluates government responses to the program, and looks at the effects of the economic downtown.

April 22, 2009 - Green Jobs: It's Time to Build Alberta's Future. The AFL, in partnership with Greenpeace Canada and the Sierra Club, has released a groundbreaking report on green jobs. The report highlights that Alberta has the capacity of creating tens of thousands of green jobs in the short term and move toward a more sustainable economy in the long term.

Union Magazine - Spring 2009. This issue examines the ongoing attach on Medicare. Articles in this issue shed light on what the Conservative government is planning, offer suggestions on how to make our system better, look to some European examples for inspiration, and examine Medicare's history.

Lost Down the Pipeline: The AFL has released a new report showing that Alberta's dream of "moving up the value ladder" in the oil sands is rapidly fading away - thanks in part to inaction from the provincial government. Have a look at the report's disturbing new findings and learn how you can help stop thousands of Alberta jobs from being "shipped down the pipeline." [more]

 

 

 

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