Labour Relations

Fairness and Safety in the Workplace

The Alberta Liberals believe in fair and equitable treatment of the workforce.  Workers deserve to be valued and treated with respect.

Alberta Liberal Action Plan for Labour

• Revise the labour code to bring it up to 21st century standards and to reflect the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• Vigorously enforce employment and safety standards in the workplace.
• Devise a comprehensive human-resources strategy to better anticipate changes in Alberta’s labour needs and reduce our reliance on solutions such as temporary foreign workers.
• Allow temporary foreign workers only after all possible sources of labour have been exhausted.
• Expand the role and size of special advisory offices for temporary foreign workers province-wide. Prosecute businesses or individuals who violate foreign workers’ conditions of employment.
• Expand the Provincial Nominee Program.
• Establish direct first-contract certification.
• Prohibit the use of replacement workers during legal labour disputes.
• Establish an independent inquiry into the operations of the Workers’ Compensation Board.

Click here to download the Alberta Liberal Action Plan for Labour in .pdf format.