Project 2012 - Alberta Federation of Labour 100th Anniversary

Call for Papers -

For Alberta Labour History Institutes 1st Conference

The Alberta Labour History Institute in collaboration with the Departments of History and Classics and Education Policy Studies at the University of Alberta invites papers for “Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future,” a conference on working people’s history and public history to be held at the University of Alberta, June 13-16, 2012 to correspond with the Alberta Federation of Labour’s 100th Anniversary...

2012 News

Project 2012 Releases Two Original Videos
Temporary Foreign Workers is one of the first videos on the topic to be produced in Canada. The second video is a poignant tour of former mining towns of Alberta's Cola Branch by ex-miner John Mitchell.

This Month In Labour History

Levi Strauss announces closure of historic Edmonton plant
On 25 September 2003, Levi Strauss announced it was closing its Edmonton factory and throwing over 485 people, mostly women, out of work. The factory had existed as the Great Western Garment Company (GWG) since 1911.