From the bargaining table to the street: Alberta employees push for 'better'
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As federal public service workers continue their strike across the country, hundreds of Albertans are lending a hand and asking for a little help of their own.
As federal public service workers continue their strike across the country, hundreds of Albertans are lending a hand and asking for a little help of their own.
The Alberta Federation of Labour's (AFL) "Workers Demand Better" convention was joined by many Calgarian employees Friday as it marched through downtown.
About 400 people gathered to shine the spotlight on issues like wages, working conditions and pensions.
The rally comes as Public Service Alliance of Canada employees picket and other industries threaten work stoppages.
Tensions are bubbling over in other industries across Alberta, including at both WestJet and DynaLife, where bargaining has supposedly hit an impasse.
And in Fort McMurray, hundreds of oil and gas workers say employers Civeo and Imperial Oil are planning to terminate hundreds following highly criticized wage rollbacks.
"The labour movement is revitalized in a way I haven't seen in my lifetime," Canadian Union of Public Employees president Rory Gill said.
