Calgary long-term care nurses file to unionize
The 14 workers are employed at an aging-in-place facility in the city’s northwest.
Calgary care home workers file to unionize
If their application is approved by the ALRB, nearly 200 workers will be able to vote on whether to join a union.
Canadian rail workers vote to strike
Tens of thousands of rail workers in Canada, including over 3,000 in Alberta, have been negotiating new contracts. While some workers have been able to ratify a new collective agreement, others have voted to strike, citing safety concerns.
Leduc County road workers file to unionize
This isn’t the first time this union has tried to organize municipal workers in the Leduc area.
U of L faculty association starts new contract talks
The last time they tried this, they ended up having to go on strike, and they claimed that one of the vice-presidents ws intimidating them.
Calgary long-term care workers get 5.61% raise
However, when adjusted for inflation, it workers out to be a 10.4% wage cut.
Calgary food workers to vote on 8.6% raise
These workers are coming off a cut to real wages of over 7% in the last contract, which expired over a year ago.
Sand workers to get 7% raise
The 100 or so workers will see the raise spread over 3 years. There will be a few more changes in their new collective agreement.
NAIT accuses union of bad faith bargaining
The school says the union refuses to negotiate during the day, even though the union has said they’d prefer evenings and weekends to mitigate disruption to students.
Red Deer transit workers approve 9.27% raise
This will be the first wage increase these workers have received since January 2020.
Edmonton rail workers file to switch unions
Last week, the Alberta Labour Relations Board released a new applications report. In it was an application to certify a union. Local 1-207 of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, also known simply as the United Steelworkers, filed the application on 8 April 2024. They’re…
Central Alberta paramedics file to unionize
If successful, it will be the only Alberta bargaining unit of the International Association of Fire Fighters that isn’t employed by a municipal government.
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