Alberta Federation of Labour

3 Minutes

Canada Labour

Alberta labour leader rips Danielle Smith’s new anti-trans policies, calls for united fight against “toxic agenda”

PV February 2, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced on January 31 that her right-wing United Conservative Party (UCP) government was introducing new policies to radically limit transgender people’s rights. Criticism of the move appeared immediately, including from...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Alberta labour fed: “Corporations, not workers, are driving inflation”

PV October 3, 2022

PV Labour Bureau “Conventional” capitalist wisdom (sic) is that labour is to blame for the cause of the rising. “Free-market” economists claim this increased cost of labour is passed along to consumers in the...

4 Minutes

Labour Podcast

Alberta’s Bill 32: a sweeping attack on worker’s rights

PV July 23, 2020

[buzzsprout episode=’4969325′ player=’true’] By Lana Smidt On July 7, the United Conservative Party government of Jason Kenney introduced Bill 32, the Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act. It’s a massive omnibus bill that amends...