Thank you to the federal government & Canada’s NDP’s for taking steps to pass the Sustainable Jobs Act. Siobhan Vipond joined United Steelworkers’s Marty Warren & IUOE’s Patrick Campbell to call on MPs to work together & get this worker-focused legislation passed. #FutureThatWorks

“Here we go again, another ideological decision from the UCP government that prioritizes contracts going to for-profit health care delivery rather than bolstering our public health care system.”

Read more:
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#ableg #abhealth

It’s tax season. If you need help, we’re here for you…

The federal budget will be revealed on April 16. We’ve reached into our Alternative Federal Budget with good ideas to address the challenges of our time. #cdnpoli #Budget2024
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This is your last chance to register with only several individual passes left for the #Broadbent2024 Progress Summit!

Don’t miss out on a full program with Canada’s progressive movement that’s working to build towards 'Making the Good Society!'

REGISTER: broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2024

You know how awful it feels to watch a scab take your job? It's been 30 years since Bea Bruske, CLC President was on strike, but she remembers every single person who crossed line.

Alberta's nurses are already overworked and feeling unappreciated, and if they hear that the government's just going to run roughshod over their collective agreement rights, it's going to make it hard to retain and very difficult to recruit. #ableg

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At today’s #EPSB Board meeting, we announced the renaming of Oliver School to wîhkwêntôwin School. wîhkwêntôwin is a Cree word that can be translated into English as ‘circle of friends’.

Check out this video to hear from students at wihkwêntôwin School: youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9mBl…

We need to do everything we can to prevent overdose death.

Take action today and add your name to urge the provincial government to release up-to-date data on deaths caused by overdoses and treat addiction care as health care.

act.hsaa.ca/forms/addictio…

#abhealth #ableg

NEW: Death of Syncrude worker reveals an OHS regime that’s getting worse under the UCP #ableg theprogressreport.ca/losing_the_wil…

Friends in Alberta please support Friends of Medicare letter writing campaign about the importance of harm reduction and prevention of drug poisonings. riendsofmedicare.org/isupportharmre…

The government continues to tout the success of their so-called Alberta Recovery Model, yet still refuse calls to release any data or information that would validate their claims. Now this.

They’re clearly more interested in a propaganda war than saving lives.

Love to partake in the hot new trend of not starving

Eid Mubarak! As Ramadan comes to a close, we send you and your loved wishes of peace and joy during this special time.

This Thursday join Emily Leedham, Luke LeBrun, Stephen Mag + Rumneek in conversation w/ Harbinger director André Goulet in a must-see panel exploring PressProgress's decade of dynamic, impact-driven journalism at Broadbent Institute's 2024 Progress Summit:

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a woman was told she had to pay $5k upfront in order to have her baby at the royal alex hospital. her friend drove her to the misericordia and she gave birth there. this is unacceptable. people need to be fired and disciplined. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

After 8 years without wage increases, many CUPE locals are in bargaining & mediation right now. They're fighting hard to break through & achieve real wage increases.

Greg Mady of the Edmonton District Labour Council recorded this message of support for those workers.

Okotoks Rally. Education support workers deserve more

Sign making April 13th 10am. The National Room Centennial Centre Okotoks

Rally: April 13th 12pm. Southridge Dr/Cinarron Dr (opposite the gas station).

“The truth is opening for-profit surgical centres doesn’t create more surgeons, nurses or other health care workers. It simply pulls more out of our public hospitals, reducing our overall surgical capacity. Data from has repeatedly shown that privatization is a failing strategy.”