About 280 Sherritt International workers in Canada will be temporarily laid off for roughly 90 days. The layoffs include 134 members of… …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM Leduc Fire Fighter’s Association, IAFF Local 4739, and City of Leduc finalize one-year collective agreement covering full-time and paid on-call fire fighters
The deal runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 and sets the 1st Class Fire Fighter rate at $123,837.95 a… …
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A former Yellow Pages sales consultant who waited nearly three months after resigning to ask her union to file a grievance has… …
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RecruitmentDiversity, Equity & InclusionGovernment Policy & BudgetsLegislation & ComplianceOur Favourites
Equity groups, Amnesty urge Alberta to scrap Bill 33 hiring restrictions
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAlberta should withdraw provisions in Bill 33 that would ban employment equity measures in public institutions and restrict mandatory workplace training on… …
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Sherritt International Corp. says it will temporarily lay off nearly half of its Canadian staff as it works to restore operations at… …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM General Teamsters Local 362 and Sarens Canada finalize four-year collective agreement covering heavy haul employees in Alberta
The deal runs from Sept. 28, 2026 to June 30, 2030 and includes wage increases totalling $4.50 an hour across all classifications,… …
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Our FavouritesDiversity, Equity & InclusionGovernment Policy & Budgets
Alberta bill targets diversity policies in public-sector hiring
Hiring and promotion decisions at Alberta public institutions would be based on job requirements rather than personal characteristics under legislation proposed by… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Carpenters union must reverse expulsions of three members after fourth trustee spared
Three longtime members of an Alberta carpenters union who were expelled over their conduct as pension and benefit trustees must be reinstated… …
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FeaturedImmigration
Advocates flag contributions, not costs, of newcomers in Alberta referendum aftermath
By Lauren Krugel A union representative for a beef processing plant south of Calgary is warning of worsening labour shortages if immigration… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Separate union advocates sink Civida bid to merge termination grievances at Edmonton housing provider
An Edmonton housing provider that fired a benefits supervisor and two benefit clerks over rent assistance payments cannot have the three workers’… …

