Campaigns & Issues

Will the Oil Sands Be Used To Build a Brighter Future?

Or will we simply ship jobs and opportunities "down the pipeline"?.

Alberta is in the midst of a profound economic transformation.We're quickly moving from an economy built around the exploitation of conventional oil and gas to an economy built around the development and exploitation of a decidedly unconventional energy source: the oil sands. With this transformation come many important questions. [more]

Temporary Foreign Workers

In recent months, there has been much ado about the use of temporary foreign workers. Some construction employers are planning to use foreign workers to help them lower wages and working conditions and to avoid dealing with unions. The AFL is concerned about the exploitation of temporary foreign workers to fulfil a strategy of union-busting in the oilsands. [More]

Freedom of Information

It can be  hard to get information out of the Alberta government. It is particularly difficult if the information is politically sensitive or potentially damaging to the Conservatives. During the past couple of years the Alberta Federation of Labour has been making a concerted effort to access information of value to working people - from government inspection reports and orders, to important memos about labour law, to information about which employers are contravening labour legislation. The results are just now starting to show. [More]

Protection for Farm Workers

Farm workers in Alberta are exempt from most of the basic employment protections the rest of us take for granted. There are no rules governing their hours of work, rest breaks, no minimum wage, and no overtime or holiday pay. They can't refuse unsafe work, can't get WCB and can't join a union if they choose. The AFL wants to change that, and you can help. [More]

Health Care

Budget cuts. Privatization. Staff shortages. Over the past ten years, Alberta's health care system has been turned upside down. Learn more about some of the dangerous plans our provincial government has for health care in Alberta - and find out what you can do to help keep Medicare public! [More]

Stop Bill 26

In June 2008, the Conservative government introduced the first amendments to the Labour Relations Code in 20 years. Instead of fixing the many problems in the Code, it made them worse. Bill 26 strips basic democratic rights from two groups of workers, and makes it easier for construction employers to avoid legitimate unions. Find out why we need to stop Bill 26. [More]

Phony Unions

Alberta Federation of Labour is warning workers in the province to take a careful look at some of the unions that are supposed to represent them. There is a growing trend in Alberta towards "dummy unions" established with the cooperation of the employer to block the formation of a real union representing the workers' interests. Their real purpose isn't to represent their members but to accommodate the employer. And workers should be aware. [More]

 

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