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Federal minimum wage rise puts Alberta workers further behind 2024-03-28 [AFL]

Calgary education worker wages frozen for 2.5 years 2024-03-27 [Alberta Worker]

Thousands of Alberta workers lose 0.5% raise 2024-03-27 [Alberta Worker]

#paintABpurple day of action for education support workers 2024-03-27 [CUPE]

Alberta had largest real wages cut in Canada 2024-03-25 [Alberta Worker]

Ratification votes held for City of Edmonton, Edmonton Public Library CSU 52 members after strike averted 2024-03-23 [Global]

United Steelworkers union welcomes workers from Edmonton People In Need Shelter Society 2024-03-22 [USW]

Hancock: We live in a moment which feels like everything is at stake 2024-03-22 [CUPE]

Protesters brave snow to send a message to the Premier 2024-03-22 [CUPE]

Gill: CUPE Alberta Waging Ahead with a new approach on wages 2024-03-21 [CUPE]

AFL President Gil McGowan responds to Alberta NDP caucus’ motion 506 on the value of unions 2024-03-19 [AFL]

Why they stay: Alberta nurses share heartfelt stories 2024-03-19 [UNA]

Netflix signs agreement with Calgary cinema workers union 2024-03-18 [The Times]

Calgary hospitality workers file to unionize 2024-03-17 [Alberta Worker]

Edmonton solar workers file for unionization 2024-03-17 [Alberta Worker]

Maple Leaf workers to get 50¢ raise this year 2024-03-17 [Alberta Worker]

Political analyst urges vigilance and engagement 2024-03-17 [ATA]

Convention speakers deliver powerful messages 2024-03-17 [ATA]

Sheriffs, RCMP union criticize Alberta government plan to create new police force 2024-03-17 [The Journal]

Union for Edmonton city, library workers unveils salary increases in tentative deal 2024-03-16 [CBC]

Tentative deal reached between City of Edmonton, CSU 52 members 2024-03-15 [Global]

Police force move catches unions off guard 2024-03-15 [The Globe and Mail]

Tentative agreement with City of Edmonton 2024-03-14 [CSU 52]

Alberta sheriffs seek answers as government announces policing changes 2024-03-14 [AUPE]

'Concerned and perplexed': Alberta police force move catches unions off guard 2024-03-14 [Canadian Press]

Edmonton mayor, councillors’ salaries in spotlight on eve of CSU 52 strike 2024-03-14 [CITY]

Tension builds between Edmonton city council and union; CSU 52 strike 1 day away 2024-03-14 [Global]

Union leaders urge Edmonton City Council to forestall UCP intervention in looming strike 2024-03-14 [AFL]

As strike looms, city and union remain 2% apart from deal 2024-03-14 [CTV]

Concorde Airport Services workers at Calgary airport join Unifor 2024-03-13 [Unifor]

City workers are poised to strike Thursday. How will it impact Edmontonians? 2024-03-13 [CBC]

Strike by Edmonton civic workers closer after mayor, union head fail to break impasse 2024-03-13 [The Globe and Mail]

UNA awards 15 nursing education scholarships plus one CFNU scholarship 2024-03-12 [UNA]

Union serves strike notice for 5,000 Edmonton city workers, 950 library staff 2024-03-12 [CBC]

Elbow River Casino: Slow Start Becomes A Slower Grind 2024-03-12 [UFCW 401]

Edmonton City workers to join library workers in proposed strike 2024-03-12 [CFWE]

'Five years of stagnant wages': City of Edmonton workers, library staff give strike notice 2024-03-12 [The Journal]

Teachers worried about Red Deer Catholic Moving towards lockout 2024-03-11 [ATA]

ATA launches ad campaign to highlight funding issues 2024-03-11 [ATA]

CSU 52 representing many city employees serving strike notice to Edmonton 2024-03-11 [Global]

Calgary film workers union signs three-year deal with streaming giant Netflix 2024-03-10 [The Herald]

Energy workers claim ATCO withholding raises 2024-03-09 [Alberta Worker]

Workers vote down City of Edmonton's latest collective agreement offer 2024-03-09 [CBC]

Statement for International Women’s Day 2024 2024-03-09 [AFL]

Edmonton carpenters file to unionize 2024-03-08 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta nurses mark International Women’s Day today 2024-03-08 [UNA]

Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu Education Scholarship: Congratulations, Maheen! 2024-03-07 [UFCW 401]

Cancarb workers join Unifor 2024-03-06 [Unifor]

Red Deer painters file for unionization 2024-03-06 [Alberta Worker]

Town of Cochrane workers get 4% raise 2024-03-06 [Alberta Worker]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-03-1986 Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador's Transport and Public Works departments begin an illegal strike in response to a law that requires public sector unions to designate 49 per cent of their members as essential before taking strike action. [more]

3-03-1937 Polish and Italian migrant workers start a sit-down strike at the Holmes Foundry in Sarnia, Ontario. A mob of 300 "Canadian-born" men evict them and also attack their homes. Fifty workers are injured. [more]

4-03-1919 Canadian soldiers waiting for demobilization at an army camp in Wales riot against delays in returning them home. Five men are killed and dozens arrested before the mutiny is suppressed, but plans for demobilization are speeded up. [more]

4-03-1910 An avalanche in the Rogers Pass, British Columbia, takes the lives of workers clearing snow from Canadian Pacific Railway tracks. A total of 62 bodies are recovered, including four the following spring. The dead include 32 contract labourers from Japan. [more]

6-03-1925 Nova Scotia coal miners shut down the mines after the British Empire Steel Corporation refuses to continue contract negotiations and cuts off credit at company stores. It is the beginning of an historic five-month strike. [more]

7-03-1978 Women workers begin a 23-week strike for a first contract at a small auto parts plant in Centralia, Ontario. The Fleck workers' militancy wins wide support and shows the need for reforms in labour law. [more]

8-03-1980 In Hamilton, Ontario, an International Women's Day rally features the Women Back Into Stelco campaign. A human rights complaint by five women forces a major steel company to change their hiring practices. [more]

9-03-1906 Mineworkers in the Lethbridge, Alberta district go on strike against poverty wages and are met by scabs, police and private detectives. They win a small wage increase with the help of a mediator, but the company refuses to recognize the union. [more]

10-03-1925 The Hamilton Tigers, who finished first in the regular hockey season, strike for an increase of $200 per game. Five days later, the team is suspended from further play for the Stanley Cup. [more]

10-03-1957 Copper miners at Murdochville, Quebec launch a strike for union recognition. The unsuccessful struggle lasts seven months and the courts award Noranda Mines $1.5 million in damages, to be paid by the United Steelworkers. [more]

12-03-2012 Union organizer and feminist Madeleine Parent, born in Montreal in 1918, dies at age 93 after a lifetime of service to the organization of workers and the cause of social justice. [more]

13-03-1919 In Calgary, Alberta, the Western Canadian Labour Conference calls for sweeping political and economic changes, including abolition of production for profit and the organization of workers on industrial lines. They adopt the name One Big Union. [more]

17-03-1960 Five Italian immigrant workers die in an underground tunnel at a watermain construction project in suburban Toronto. The Hogg's Hollow Disaster draws public attention to the unsafe conditions in construction and the exploitation of immigrant workers. [more]

25-03-2006 An accounting instructor dies from injuries received on the picket line at Centennial College in Toronto during a province-wide strike. John Stammers, 62, was a member of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. [more]

27-03-1912 Thousands of workers start to walk out of railway construction camps on the Fraser River in British Columbia in a strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World. When Joe Hill visits, he writes a song for the Wobbly song book. [more]

31-03-2004 Bill C-45 comes into force, amending the Criminal Code to impose penalties on corporations and managers for violations causing workplace injuries or death. It is named the Westray Bill after the 1992 mine disaster. [more]

31-03-1949 The Canadian Seamen's Union launches a strike to defend union contracts. Shipping companies and Canadian authorities collaborate with the Seafarers' International Union to drive out the CSU. [more]