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Edmonton boilermakers apply for union certification
This is the third unionization effort from the Boilermakers Local 146 this summer.
AB lost 21K payroll employees since Job Creation Tax Cut
Since the second quarter of 2019, Alberta has been the only province in Canada to decrease its number payroll employees.
Is UCP drug policy leading to fewer deaths?
Jason Kenney seems to think his government’s policies are directly responsible for a recent decrease in drug deaths in Alberta.
AHS reported COVID-19 outbreaks at 14 Alberta hospitals
Over the past 3 weeks, Alberta Health Services has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at hospitals in all 5 of the provinces health zones.
Alberta oil exports increased 8% last year
Despite UCP politicians insisting that Justin Trudeau is preventing Alberta from exporting oil, the amount of crude oil leaving the province last year surpassed the previous two years.
Calgary retirement workers among lowest paid in Alberta
Nursing care and GSS workers and Walden House are among the lowest paid workers at AgeCare, and the employer refuses to change that.
Alberta workers least likely to be unionized
New data from Statistics Canada shows that Alberta has the worst union coverage of all the provinces in the country.
Lethbridge EMS drug responses highest level since Feb
Lethbridge EMS responded to the second lowest number of drug-related events during August 2022 than in any other August over the last 5 years, but the number of drug responses have increased in each of the last three months.
Work stoppages worsen under UCP
While the number of work stoppages under the UCP’s first 3 years in power has been the same under the NDP’s entire term, the number of workers affected and days missed has skyrocketed.
Alberta sees largest loss in active businesses
Between May 2019—two months before the Job Creation Tax Cut came into effect—and May 2022, Alberta has seen the largest loss in the number of active businesses of all the provinces in Canada.
Western Canada service rig drivers no longer need daily logs
After 2 years of lobbying from the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments, Transport Canada has finally conceded to exempting service rig convoy drivers from keeping daily logs.
Corporate profits outpaced worker wages in Canada
Between 2012 and 2022, corporate profits in Canada have increased at nearly twice the rate that worker wages have.
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