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Episode 15: The fight is now, with Gil McGowan
2020-09-17
If the United Conservative government in Alberta is hell bent on picking fights with the province’s workforce, the Alberta Federation of Labour says, “Bring it on.”
Premier Jason Kenney knows the labour movement is the biggest threat his government faces in its pursuit of a more private, less public Alberta where corporations are freer than ever to continue their decades-long exploitation of the province’s people and its resources. That’s why the UCP has taken aim at organized labour on multiple occasions — workers have power.
The Forgotten Corner welcomes AFL president Gil McGowan to the show this week for a spirited conversation about what the province’s workforce faces from its own government in the coming months and years. Gil is a born-and-raised Albertan who caught the bug for journalism in his youth but was quickly scooped up by the labour movement, and is now in his eighth elected term at the helm of the province’s labour umbrella.
Nearly 16 years and seven premiers later, Gil and the AFL face their biggest challenge yet, all while the government they face is writing laws to weaken their resolve. But if Kenney wants a fight, Gil says he’s got one.
Follow Gil on Twitter at @gilmcgowan
Alberta Federation of Labour:
https://www.afl.org/
Read about the AFL resistance:
https://www.kenneyscuts.ca/
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