Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) President Gil McGowan made the following statement: EDMONTON – “Danielle Smith’s comment that union workers should vote for her would be funny, if it wasn’t so offensive. The UCP is the party that froze the minimum wage. It’s the party that made it harder for workers to join unions and…

McGowan says the UCP is a threat because they have no plan to prepare Alberta to prosper in a changing global economy EDMONTON – Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan applauded the NDP’s announcement to create high-quality jobs through economic diversification and funding of union training facilities. “The global economy is changing and…

Why is it that we can quickly and fairly negotiate a new collective agreement with contractor employers but when we’re dealing with our traditional municipal government employers, we run into a brick wall? Negotiations between the Union and the City of Red Deer have broken down for a second consecutive round. And it took less…

Have you every been caught by a Supervisor at the end of your shift and told to come to a meeting? Those “quick little meetings” that sometime take a half hour to an hour of your personal time? An investigation of a customer complaint, for example? Or to receive discipline? Without any pay? Well, times…

Last November, Edmonton City Council, voted not to fund the Regional Transit Commission, effectively killing the initiative as a Commission driven plan. It did not end the idea of Regional Transit. Media agents remain interested in the concept and shortly, an article will be published with some details of the area municipalities’ Plan B. The…

By now, you’ll have heard from media sources or just from word-of-mouth around our workplaces, that DATS members have taken a strike vote. It happened at a special meeting on Saturday April 01. And it was unanimous. But it doesn’t mean that we’re grabbing signs and headed for the picket line. No, not yet, at…