Calgary Laundry Workers
A new section of oral histories and commentary about the Calgary Laundry Workers Strike in 1994 has now been added to the website! Check it out here.
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ALHI Booklets
You can now download several booklets from ALHI directly from our website!
Friends of Medicare
We have added a new section to the website concerning Friends of Medicare and labour’s involvement with the organization. Each of the 15 profiles include an introduction, full interview (in PDF… Read more »
Photos from Rosella Bjornson Event
Our event that we co-organized on November 5, along with the Alberta Aviation Museum and Elevate Aviation (an organization that promotes aviation as a career for women), was a huge… Read more »
2017 Calendar
The 2017 issue of the Alberta Labour History Calendar has just gone to print and will soon be available. This year’s calendar focuses on the benefits trade unions have provided… Read more »
FREE EVENT: Rosella Bjornson: Celebrating Women of Aviation
We have a FREE event coming up on November 5, to celebrate Rosella Bjornson, Canada’s first woman commercial airline jet aircraft pilot and Canada’s first woman airline captain. Check out the details… Read more »
Moving Forward: Alberta Women and Work
Our Moving Forward section has been expanded with an overview of Alberta Women and Work, as well as multimedia profiles of Rosella Bjornson (the first woman pilot on jet aircraft… Read more »
Summer of ’86 Video
The video for “Summer of ’86” has been added to the Documentaries and Summer of 86 sections of the website. Or, just click to watch it below!
Celanese Edmonton
Our video and collection of interview transcripts of workers’ stories concerning Celanese Edmonton is now up on the site.
Historical Timeline
Our Historical Timeline is now live on the site, and features major events in Alberta’s labour history dating back to the 1700s to about 2004.