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Alberta Politics

Gil McGowan, who quit NDP leadership race yesterday, was the only candidate to make an issue of the party’s relationship with workers

by David ClimenhagaMay 14, 2024May 14, 2024

AFL president for nearly 20 years, Gil McGowan pitched a strategy of wooing back working-class voters.

Canadian Politics

Amid pandemic chaos, CFNU President Linda Silas ends bid to lead Canadian Labour Congress

by David ClimenhagaMarch 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Canadian Politics

Linda Silas, president of Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, announces bid to lead Canadian Labour Congress

by David ClimenhagaJanuary 3, 2020January 3, 2020

Alberta Politics

Doug O’Halloran, 66, Alberta union leader for more than 30 years, never shied from tough fights for his members

by David ClimenhagaOctober 15, 2019October 15, 2019

Alberta Politics

Yesterday marked a century of public sector trade unionism in Alberta

by David ClimenhagaMarch 27, 2019March 27, 2019

Alberta Politics

One big problem for Alberta’s ‘unite-the-centre’ effort: the NDP already occupies that space

by David ClimenhagaApril 21, 2017May 4, 2017

Alberta Politics, Geopolitics

The election of Jeremy Corbyn to lead Labour is proof that, sometimes, hope triumphs over fear mongering

by David ClimenhagaSeptember 13, 2015September 14, 2015