Alberta Federation of Labour
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The Alberta Federation of Labour is the Alberta
provincial trade union
federation of the Canadian Labour Congress
. It was founded in 1912 and has a membership of approximately 125,000 from 31 unions.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
provincial trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
federation of the Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in English Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.- Formation :...
. It was founded in 1912 and has a membership of approximately 125,000 from 31 unions.