The federal government released their February 2026 job numbers yesterday, and job numbers are down in Alberta.
The net decrease to jobs between January and last month was 1,800. Over the last 3 months, Alberta has gained 4,800 jobs, an average of 1,600 jobs per month.
Gender & ageCompared to other provincesBy industryPrivate & public sectorPart-time & full-time jobsWagesUnemployment…
Last week, the Mediation Services department of Alberta Jobs, Economy, Trade & Immigration released their February 2026 Bargaining Update, which is a monthly report that provides e collective agreement settlement information received by the department.
In February 2026 Mediation Services received settlement information regarding 43 bargaining relationships encompassing37,540 employees. There…
Last week, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees published an update regarding contract negotiations for workers employed by Travel Alberta.
The Crown corporation was established in 2009 to promote tourism within Alberta. They employ around two dozen workers in the province.
The previous collective agreement between Travel Alberta and these workers expired in March 2024, nearly 2 years ago.…
Foreman of the Moscow factory “Hammer and Sickle,” Matvei Ivanovich Shkitin, calls home on New Year’s Day. His grandfather, Ivan, toasts the young man: “To your health, to your new successes!” Matvei pledges, “We will not let our honor down!” Ogonyok was a mass-circulation illustrated Soviet weekly.
Огонёк. (Ogonyok) Issue 1. 1952.
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Last week, the Alberta Labour Relations Board published their final new applications report of February 2026. In it was an application for union certification.
Local 720 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers filed the application on 17 February 2026.
They are applying for union certification on behalf of workers employed by Yanda Canada…
Last month, I reported that Alberta Health Services had cut service at hospitals in 12 communities this past December, 11 of which lost their emergency department.
This is a continuation of similar closures starting in May 2021. And it’s driven primarily by a lack of physicians in the communities.
I dug through all the news releases that AHS issued last month to find out if there were any…
Earlier this month, I wrote an article about Calgary workers employed by a local coffee shop chain trying to unionize.
Local 401 of the United Food and Commercial Workers filed the application back in January on behalf of around 30 workers employed by Caffe Rosso Inc.
The Calgary-based company, also known as Rosso Coffee Roasters, owns 5 cafe locations in Calgary.
There have been some delays…
Thank you, God, for people who know their stuff and who help people (like me) navigate government systems. Thank you for stories that are rich with metaphor and meaning. Thank you for the workers in the vineyard who keep tending the vines and harvesting the grapes that become your nourishment for leaders and workers, for elders and learners. Thank you for your inspirations that help me feel like my feet and mind are on solid ground as I do my work. Amen.
As They Were
oil on canvas
90 x 110 cm
2026
Photo “minerva_1966-1972_c1_c13_002”, Minerva Press Photo Archive © Minerva Cultural Association, Cluj
Back in November 2024, I wrote an article that exposed how Sobeys Capital wanted to roll back wage increases that some of their Alberta workers had won the year before.
Sobeys Capital owns Safeway stores in Calgary, Banff, Brooks, Camrose, Canmore, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Hinton, Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, and Wetaskiwin.
The workers are represented by 3…
Last week, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees published an update regarding nursing care workers employed by Covenant Health.
AUPE represents over 1,600 licensed practical nurses, health care aides, rehabilitation care workers, nursing attendants, mental health aides, recreation aides, assisted living aides, and home support aides employed by the Catholic private health care…
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Last week, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees published an update regarding contract negotiations for education workers in Edmonton.
AUPE represents over 350 education support workers employed by the Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division.
These workers fill a wide variety of positions, including custodians, mechanics, carpenters, electricians, locksmiths, painters, plumbers, vehicle…
