The first episode of the Worker Agenda Podcast launches today on the Real Talk Ryan Jespersen platform. Be sure to check it out on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
Your hosts are the Alberta Federation of Labour's (AFL) president and secretary treasurer, Gil McGowan and Cori Longo, in conversation with journalist and filmmaker, Omar Mouallem.
The first episode dives deep into an issue that's top of mind for all Albertans: AFFORDABILITY. We look at policy solutions such as public auto insurance, re-regulating power, and an excess profits tax on groceries. We also hear from workers in Red Deer, including a shop steward for United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401 working at a grocery store, whose co-workers struggle to feed themselves properly; as well as a local parent whose eighteen-year-old child is struggling to break into the workforce.
The UCP government’s current agenda includes many things that Albertans didn’t vote for, and don’t support, like two-tier health care, pulling Alberta out of the CPP and the RCMP, the undemocratic use of the Notwithstanding Clause to strip Albertans of their rights, and the introduction of legislation designed to facilitate a dangerous and destabilizing referendum on leaving Canada. The AFL’s Worker Agenda, on the other hand, outlines bold and proven policies that address the issues Albertans are really worried about, like the cost-of-living crisis, stagnant wages, job uncertainty, and crumbling public services.
Send an email to your MLA, asking them to make the Worker Agenda THE agenda for Alberta!
The Worker Agenda Podcast aims to shine a spotlight on the major problems Albertans are grappling with, along with the potential solutions. A new episode will be posted on the first Sunday of every month from now through to September. Leave a comment to let us know what you think, and share clips with your network!
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