Alberta Worker Podcast
Kim Siever
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S4 E8 – How businesses benefit from inflation
Happy Labour Day, fellow workers! We often hear about how inflation affects the working class, but it affects the owning class, too. Just not in the same way. In contrast with the working class, who…
S4 E7 – Where worker wages actually come from
You’ve probably heard that business owners provide their workers with a job and a salary. In episode 7 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever explains why…
Bonus: Defying Orders—Air Canada Workers on Strike
Over 10,000 CUPE unionized Air Canada workers defied the orders of the nation’s labour board, stayed off the job and secured a tentative agreement. Kim Siever, labour journalist for the The Alberta…
S4 E6 – Why labour is more important than capital
Have you ever heard a politician refer to company owners as job creators? First of all, it’s a myth. But politicians use this rhetoric to frame the owning class as the ones who drive the economy.…
S4 E5 – How a unionized job changed my life
Independent labour journalist Kim Siever has worked in a lot of jobs since he entered the workforce back in 1989. He’s been been a fry cook, a construction worker, a gas jockey (3 times), a retail…
S4 E4 – Relying on low minimum wages is bad business
Have you ever noticed that every time the minimum wage increases, business owners seem to come out of the woodwork to complain about it? They claim it’ll force them to shut down, that it’ll eat into…
S4 E3 – Collectivize, not unionize, should be our motto
In episode 3 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever discuss how unions can only get us so far when we’re in hierarchal, undemocratic workplaces. While…
S4 E2 – TFWs need our solidarity, not our xenophobia
In episode 2 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever discuss how temporary foreign workers need our solidarity, not our xenophobia. Temporary foreign…
S4 E1 Myth: Unions aren’t needed anymore
Inevitably, someone comes along and claims that while unions were important to have 100 years ago, they’ve outlived their utility and aren’t needed anymore. In the first episode of season 4 of the…
Season 4 news
I was unable to secure enough people to interview for the new season of the Alberta Worker Podcast. I didn’t want to cancel the season, so after some thinking about it, I decided to release audio…
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Alberta Worker Podcast has published 10 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.
Alberta Worker Podcast is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 5m.
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