Pages tagged "Worker Rights and Safety"
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Proposed end to WCB fair practices office 'shortsighted'
Bill 47, Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, will dissolve the Fair Practices and Medical Panels offices, which employs 54 people and helps people navigate the WCB system, by April 1, 2021.
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UCP guts Workers’ Compensation and work safety protections
Jason Kenney’s UCP tabled Bill 47, an omnibus bill that will make workplaces less safe and leave workers less protected. Some of the many changes include limiting workers' right to refuse unsafe work.
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Highlights of Kenney's attack on workers in Alberta
A review of Bill 32 highlights how the UCP is catering to businesses at the expense of Alberta's workers.
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UCP cuts to pensions leave workers behind
Workers are being left with small pensions, sometimes half the amounts they would have been, because of changes put in place by the UCP government.
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“Top Six” list of the most dangerous sections of Bill 32
The end of overtime, sweeping cuts to the minimum wage and authoritarian intimidation of workers and more. The Alberta Federation of Labour has released a “Top Six” list of the most dangerous sections of Bill 32, the UCP’s so-called “Restoring Balance to Alberta Workplaces Act.”
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What you need to know about the UCP’s undemocratic, anti-worker law
The newly introduced Bill 32, Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act is the UCP government’s undemocratic, anti-worker law that will enact sweeping regressive changes on Alberta workers and workplaces.
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Struggling energy industry propped up by public pensions
Alberta's largest labour organization says worker pensions are being used to prop up the province's struggling fossil fuels industry.
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UCP cuts section of Alberta building code
UCP changes Alberta building code despite safety concerns from firefighters for workers and the public. Read more -
Kenney's war on workers
Contracts have been broken, wages cut and unions undermined, it is evident that Kenney is waging a war on workers. Read more -
UCP cuts workplace health and safety committees
Due to UCP changes, large employers, with numerous locations, will no longer be required to have an occupational health and safety (OHS) committee at every work site, putting worker safety at risk. Read more