INDEX 2016

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JANUARY 2016

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January 27, 2016 - No. 1

Falling Oil Prices
• Develop the Independent Politics of the Working Class!
• Where Are the Price of Oil and Economy Headed?

Ratings Agencies' Reports Used to Attack NDP Government
• Standard and Poor's and Moody's Try to Dictate to Albertans
• Moody's Speaks and the Opposition Jumps to Attention

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FEBRUARY 2016

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February 5, 2016 - No. 2

Time for a New Direction for the Economy!
• Alberta at a Crossroads -- Royalty Review Panel Issues Its Report

Discussion on Royalty Review
• Workers Are Not a Cost to the Economy - K.C. Adams
• What Is Partial Upgrading and the Dead-End It Represents?
• The Alternative to the Royalties System: Affirming Our Right of Public Ownership in Practice - Peggy Morton
• Alberta Federation of Labour President Responds to Royalty Review

No to War Preparations! No to War Profiteers and Energy Companies Collaborating Against the Interests of Humanity!
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February 10, 2016 - No. 3

Time for a New Direction for the Economy!
• Government Has a Social Responsibility to Uphold Public Right - Peggy Morton

Restrict the Monopoly Uber! Defend the Rights of All Workers!
• Our Security Lies in the Defence of the Rights of All
• Taxi Drivers' Proud History of Resistance - Peggy Askin
• Edmonton City Council Passes Bylaw to Defend Uber's Monopoly Right 
• Calgary City Council Strikes Agreement with Uber

February 16, 2016 - No. 4

Defend the Rights of Workers! Defend the Rights of All!
• Oil Sands Monopoly Blocks Full Inquiry into the Deaths of Two Workers!
• The Tragic Crime at Horizon Oil Sands Mine - Peggy Morton
• What the "Official Reports" Reveal About the Criminal Negligence of the Energy Monopolies
• The Need for Proper Health and Safety Legislation - Peggy Askin
• Questions Remain About the Alberta Tank Collapse - Bob Barnetson

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MARCH 2016

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March 1, 2016 - No. 5

Alberta Government Prepares to Introduce Essential Services Legislation
• The Need to Address the Anti-Social Offensive
• The Defence of Public Services - Peggy Morton

For Your Information
• Proposals of the Alberta Government
• Brief Review of Labour Legislation
• Supreme Court Rulings on Collective Bargaining
• The "New Labour Trilogy"

Other Matters of Concern
• Private Partner for LRT P3 Also Violating International Law in Palestine - Dougal MacDonald
• Faculty Bargaining Impasse at Athabasca University

March 18, 2016 - No. 6

Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Speech from the Throne Opens New Session of the Alberta Legislature - Peggy Morton

The Clash of Rights and Interests
• Stop Paying the Rich! Increase Investments in Social Programs!

Discussion on Essential Services Legislation
• Teachers' Experience with Being Declared Essential - Kevan Hunter
• What the Strikes in Continuing Care Reveal
• Note to Our Readers