By Jack Farrell Alberta’s public pension manager has laid off 19 employees and cut their positions, including the role of running its diversity, …
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Alberta school support worker strike poised to grow as two more divisions reach impasse
A strike by thousands of school support workers in Alberta is poised to get bigger as unions for two more divisions reach …
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Workplace Safety & OHS
Calgary machining company fined $420,000 for workplace fatality involving lathe
A Calgary machining company’s $420,000 fine and conviction on multiple workplace safety violations following a 2019 fatality has been upheld in court. …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Edmonton school board, union for support staff head back to bargaining table
The union representing school support workers in Edmonton says it has returned to the bargaining table with the city’s public school board. …
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Two Calgary construction firms fined $168,000 each for workplace safety violations
Two Calgary construction companies were fined $168,000 each for violations of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act following a workplace incident …
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By Aaron Sousa Educational assistants work with Diana Halabi’s daughter, Zahea, from the minute they take her off the school bus until she …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Substitute teachers being used to replace support staff during Edmonton strike, says union
By Aaron Sousa The union representing more than 3,000 school support workers in Edmonton says their public school division is having substitute teachers …
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The Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta (WCB) has announced an increase to the claim cost threshold for no-time-lost (NTL) claims, which will …
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Labour Relations
‘Not asking for a lot’: School support workers off the job in Edmonton, nearby area
By Aaron Sousa Education support workers gathered under pitch-black pre-dawn skies in Edmonton and nearby communities Monday to go on strike in a …
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Alberta United Conservatives vote to boost MLA pay, taxpayer funding for their caucus
By Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell Alberta United Conservative members of the legislature have voted to boost MLA salaries for the first time …