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Jul 28, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
No one is buying your B.S., Bateson. Bill 32 is a law written by unscrupulous politicians for unscrupulous employers. It’s about suppressing wages; reducing worker bargaining power; and silencing worker voices. The UCP is a corrupt stain on our province. #FiretheUCP #abpoli
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May 6
Today, our Premier played the victim card and suggested that the federal government’s “attacks on our oil and gas industry” make consideration of separation from the rest of Canada justifiable. The problem is there is ZERO evidence that our energy sector is hurting. (THREAD) Image
Smith is gaslighting Albertans in an effort to manipulate them into voting for separation. She’s doing this by spinning a web of lies, half truths and innuendo. The truth is we’ve never produced more oil — up by over a million barrels per day since 2014. Some “lost decade”! Image
And oil and gas profits are up 996% since 2019 (yes, you read that right). These are record profits in the most profitable industry in the country. This is NOT an industry that is being hard-done by the federal government. Don’t buy Smith’s sob story! Image
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Feb 16
I’ve been thinking a lot about JD Vance’s speech in Munich. It’s outrageous, yes. But it’s also important because it’s basically the MAGA crowd telling on themselves. Their strategy involves pulling out all the stops (misinformation, voter suppression etc) …
… to win one election, then using that democratic mandate to basically make sure that there’s never a truly democratic election ever again. The fact that Europe has figured this out has the Trump/Putin crowd freaked out. So, by scolding the Europeans for cracking down on …
…Musk and foreign-funded election interference, Vance is actually telling the Europeans (and us, here in Canada) exactly what we need to do to defeat the MAGA/Putin axis from taking over our democracies.
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Jan 28
Goodbye Alberta Advantage! A report released today shows that average wages in Alberta fell behind Quebec in 2024 after falling behind BC in 2023. This represents a shocking decline in Alberta wages, which used to be 17% higher than the Canadian average. #abpoli #abecon #ableg Image
The report, prepared by economist @JimboStanford in cooperation with the @ABFedLabour, shows that Alberta has had the slowest wage growth in Canada since 2019. afl.org/press-release-…
@JimboStanford @ABFedLabour “Once a promising place for workers to find jobs, earn decent wages, and support their families, Alberta has more recently demonstrated among the weakest labour markets in Canada,” reads the report.
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Jun 30, 2024
This is complete BS, Don. Did you talk to a single labour relations expert before writing this column? You clearly want the government to order the mechanics back to work and won’t be satisfied with any other outcome.
The disruptions caused by this LEGAL strike are West Jet’s fault. When the mechanics rejected a tentative agreement recommended by their own union, West Jet should have RUSHED back to the bargaining table. Instead, they wasted time trying to convince the Minister to step in.
West Jet had DAYS to resolve this and avoid disruptions. Instead, they wasted those days playing politics. This is ALL on West Jet management. It’s the West Jet CEO who has shown his incompetence, not the federal labour minister.
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May 23, 2024
The business community is starting to acknowledge that Covid is a BIG economic & workplace problem. Unfortunately, here in Alberta, Covid deniers are running the UCP and our government. Who do you believe: Harvard researchers or our Premier, #DenialSmith? hbr.org/2024/05/long-c…
Check out these stats! Harvard University economists estimated that long Covid costs the U.S. economy between $160 billion and $200 billion per year in lost wages and increased medical costs.
In May 2023 the Brookings Institution reported that 700,000 people were absent from the U.S. labor force due to the illness. Some of these people may be too sick to work, even with accommodations.
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May 21, 2024
UCP policies are depressing both living standards and economic growth in Alberta. That’s the conclusion of a new report, entitled Alberta’s Disappearing Advantage. Check out these alarming charts! We need to fight to repair our living standards! #abpoli afl.org/wp-content/upl…
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The report, authored by one of Canada’s most prominent progressive economists, @JimboStanford, shows that since the UCP took over, Alberta has had the slowest rate of wage growth among all Canadian provinces. We’re number one at suppressing wages! Image
@JimboStanford Once you adjust for inflation, the real value of wages in Alberta has shrunk 10 percent in the last decade and 5 percent in the past 5 years. Real, inflation-adjusted wages are even falling in the super-profitable oil & gas sector. This is NOT happening in other provinces. Image
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