Battleground Fort McMurray

With the boom in oilsands development in the Fort McMurray area, Alberta's economic focus has moved north. But while the boom has brought jobs and prosperity, the news hasn't been all good. In particular, employers and the provincial government seem to be cooperating on a strategy aimed at shrinking the slice that workers are able to take from the Fort McMurray's growing economic pie.

The attack has come on three fronts. First, the provincial government has used its labour code to tip the playing field against unions trying to negotiate a deal for the Horizon Project, Fort McMurray's latest mega-development. Second, employers and the government continue to make it easier for the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) to sign agreements at the expense of traditional trade unions. And third, the government is putting pressure on unions by making it easier for some employers to import temporary foreign workers.

Learn more about these important issues:

• The Horizon Project: Showdown over Labour Rights
• The Truth About Labour Shortages in the Oil Patch
  

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