The Alberta WorkerKim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
In the fourth episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Dominic Shaw, one of the first people to rappel down the Calgary Tower in a wheelchair during the Easter Seals Drop. During the interview, Dominic talks about growing up in the Yukon, leaving home and moving to Toronto as a teenager, […]
After nearly a month of voluntary mediation, HSAA workers now have a tentative agreement to vote on, one that doesn’t include the 5.36% wage rollbacks originally proposed by AHS.
In this analysis, Kim Siever reviews multiple common economic metrics to determine the accuracy of UCP claims that Alberta’s economy is growing.
Library workers in Redcliff, Alberta, have applied for union certification through the CUPE union.
And underspending while costs increase is essentially a funding cut.
A newly published report found that when universities and colleges contract food and custodial services, it comes on the backs of workers.
In the third episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Sandra Azocar, one of the vice presidents of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. During the interview, Sandra talks about growing up in Chile, her dad being imprisoned and tortured for belonging to a union, fleeing as a refugee to Canada […]
This marks 3 months in a row with the number of active drilling wells declining.
Since the UCP have been in power, wage increases for unionized construction workers in Calgary and Edmonton have been among the lowest in the country.
A sprinkling of glitter to get me through the day To guard against the hatred that other people say A unicorn majestic to whisk me to my place To push away unkindness and clear away some space A fairy ever nimble to swish her magic wand And vanish all the loathing my openness has spawned […]