Alison Redford has poisoned labour relations in Alberta
The head of the Alberta Federation of Labour says the province has poisoned labour relations with the passage of two controversial bills.
Gil McGowan says his labour group urged its members to vote for Premier Alison Redford in the 2012 election, but won’t do it again.
“The coalition that elected Alison Redford less than two years ago is dead,” McGowan told a news conference Thursday.
“In the waning days of the last election campaign, thousands of public sector workers swung their support behind Alison Redford in an effort to keep the Wildrose party from power.
We will not be fooled again
“Many of the unions affiliated with our federation were among those who took the bait when Redford reassured us that she was a Progressive Conservative with an emphasis on progressive. But we will not be fooled again.”
The Alberta Federation of Labour is an umbrella organization that speaks for 145,000 unionized workers across Alberta.
McGowan’s comments came a day after Redford’s government used its majority and its right to invoke a limit on debate to pass two bills less than a week after they were introduced without warning in the legislature.