Labour & Employment in Alberta

A few weeks back, the Tyee ran a story on the effect of increasing levels of wildfire smoke on tree planter OHS . This story is interesting ...

Back in 2015, Alberta passed laws giving farm workers basic employment rights, including making their employer subject to the ambit of the O...

Recently, a new novella arrived on my desk. It tells the story of a strike by young female mill workers (“ mill girls ”) set in Lowell, Mass...

A few years back, some colleagues and I surveyed 2000 Alberta workers about injury and safety. One of our findings was that only about half...

Alberta’s minimum wage for youth under 18 will be reduced tomorrow as part of a broad series of labour-law rollbacks enacted by the new U...

This post originally appeared on the Parkland Institute blog on May 28, 2019. The second bill introduced by Alberta’s new United Conservat...

Photo: Christian Fischer In early December, Alberta rolled out new rules regulating the employment of children . As January 1, 2019, th...

Last week, I shared some preliminary research exploring the narratives and discursive strategies used by opposition MLAs to oppose a minimum...

This week’s instalment of Labour & Pop Culture is "Spaceship” by Kayne West. This song explores the frustration and desperation of ...

Two weeks back, Alberta announced that it would be sending letters to employers alleged to have stolen workers’ wages . These letters wil...

The government of Alberta is updating its rules around the employment of minors. After changing the minimum age of employment from 12 to 13,...

Fear factory: Retaliation and workers’ hesitance to claim employment rights Canadian Industrial Relations Association Annual Conference Mon...

This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is “Welcome to the Boomtown” by David & David. The song recounts the mid-80s exces...