Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP want to enhance the rights and safety of working people. Mason is the only leader we can trust to make the lives of working people a little easier.
Liberals and Tories accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from big corporations and other employers who oppose fair labour laws. They can't be trusted to look out for working people.
Alberta's labour laws were written with the needs of big oil companies and other large corporations in mind. In a province as rich as Alberta, we can ensure that middle class families enjoy a fair share of the boom. That means fair wages and balanced labour legislation.
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The Liberals and Conservatives are on the side of big corporations and other employers:
- Alberta has the worst labour laws in Canada. We have a low minimum wage, it's almost impossible to start a union, health and safety standards are poorly enforced, and employers are allowed to hire children as young as twelve!
- Liberals and the Conservatives accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the very businesses that enjoy such unbalanced rules. Those parties cannot be trusted to put the rights of working Albertans ahead of the interests of their donors.
- In the two years since the strike at Lakeside Packers, nothing has been done to prevent a similar situation from happening somewhere else.
- The Liberals have openly requested even larger campaign donations from the very same businesses that benefit from weak labour laws. They can't protect workers and solicit employer donations at the same time.
Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP are on the side of working Albertans:
Alberta's NDP would:
- Increase minimum wage to $10/hour so working Albertans have a chance to survive skyrocketing costs.
- Amend the regulation that allows 12-year-olds to work in restaurants. Twelve-year-olds should not be used as labour in the service sector.
- Introduce 'First Contract' legislation similar to BC, Quebec and Manitoba, so that once workers decide to join a union, their employer can't engage in union busting.
- Change the Labour Code to give construction workers the same rights as employees in other sectors.
Hire more WCB inspectors to ensure we have safer work environments
