Breadth of punishments astounding, labour expert says
Labour scholars were taken aback by AHS penalizing hundreds of workers allegedly involved in the protest. When I first saw the number, it was my jaw hit the desk. That s astounding, said Jason Foster, an associate professor of human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University.
In past wildcat strikes, employers have focused their penalties on a few suspected ringleaders, or on the union representing the workers, he said.
He said AHS doling out hundreds of letters of reprimand is unprecedented. It s not about these 800 workers, he said. I think it s a message being sent to all the other public-sector unions. That, We re not going to tolerate this.
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Teachers across the province are seeing red after Alberta’s finance minister quietly signed ministerial orders at the end of the year that they say give the government-owned investment manager more control over workers’ pensions.
One of four orders signed by Finance Minister Travis Toews on Dec. 23 changed the terms of the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund (ATRF) to allow the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) to reject changes proposed by the pension manager in its investment policy.
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Teachers across the province are seeing red after Alberta’s finance minister quietly signed ministerial orders at the end of the year that they say give the government-owned investment manager more control over workers’ pensions.
One of four orders signed by Finance Minister Travis Toews on Dec. 23 changed the terms of the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund (ATRF) to allow the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) to reject changes proposed by the pension manager in its investment policy.
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Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, Jan. 25
A variant of COVID-19 first identified in the U.K. may be spreading within Alberta, the province s health minister said Monday.
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From left, M.E. LaZerte High School and J. Percy Page High School. More than 2,000 students from the two Edmonton high schools were being sent home due to COVID-19 starting Monday.(Google Streetview)