labour relations

Is the Redford Government’s law imposing a contract on its civil servants a bridge too far … or, for the Progressive Conservatives, a bridge to nowhere?

Yesterday's court ruling, while minor, symbolically illustrates that in a constitutional democracy even Alberta's Progressive Conservatives are not all-powerful.

Desperate for a "negotiated" settlement with Alberta's civil service union, Deputy Premier Dave Hancock has a Seinfeld moment. Also, Chuck Strahl quits SIRC.

What does Canada's greatest friend of free speech have to say now that the most direct attack on free expression since the imposition of the War Measures Act? Nada!

A strong case can be made parliamentary privilege was created to protect parliamentarians from harassment by the monarch, not to avoid demands for information and fairness by the monarch's subjects.

If you strike illegally, or talk about striking illegally, or even look like you might be thinking about talking about talking about thinking about striking illegally, you will be dealt with severely.

If you tried a stunt like this in Kiev, you could expect streets full of angry citizens armed with gasoline bombs, manning barricades and preparing for an illegal general strike.

The Redford Government is expected to introduce legislation later today to impose a three-year wage freeze on public employees.