Labour & Employment in Alberta

Tim Loreman, CUE President and Mansion Enthusiast Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) has been struggling since its strike almost 18 mont...

A meme from the 2022 CUE strike. Strikes and lockouts can have profound effects on workers, managers, organizations, and their relationships...

Brooklyn 99 is a police comedy series that has just released its final season on Netflix. The first episode (“ The Good Ones ”) deals with ...

Netflix has recently begin carrying A.P Bio . The show follows a misanthropgic former Harvard philosophy professor (Jack Griffin) who is for...

Athabasca University (AU) is in the midst of a multi-year campaign to bust its faculty association . Its latest effort is using its power to...

A question COVID-19 raises is when can a worker successfully refuse work as unsafe due to the virus? The short answer (at least in Alberta...

This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture revisits The Office to look at how employers handle drug use in the workplace. This skit...

It's summer and, honestly, I got nothing left this week so enjoy some Star Wars-related labour stuff. Especially the mission statement...

Employers engaged in collective bargaining can be tempted to communicate their bargaining proposals directly to their employees—essential...

This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is an audio-skit entitled “Darth Vader's Employee Evaluation. I’ve been incorporatin...

This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is “Industrial Strength Tranquillizer” by the Austin Lounge Lizards. The Lounge Lizard...

This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is “Electronic Plantation” by Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine.  ...

This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is “Bankrobber” by The Clash. This reggae song that meanders quite a lot (which is why...

I was recently involved in a discipline arbitration on the union side. The grievance centred on the employer failing to provide particular...

For those of you hoping for some awesome 1980s music, please amuse yourself with the video below (yes, a tractor duel between Justin Trudea...