Edmonton care workers to vote on new contract
Licensed practical nurses and health care aides at Touchmark’s Wedgewood facility are voting on increases to wages, premiums, and flex spending accounts.
Calgary coffee workers negotiating 1st contract
Employed at 5 Caffe Rosso locations, these workers unionized in April.
Construction company accused of unionbusting, again
Workers have been trying to unionize since March, but Marathon Underground Constructors Corporation keeps blocking their efforts.
Cold Lake ER nursing levels reduced in half
Patient safety and care reports have increased 580% over the same period in 2025.
Leduc landfill workers file for unionization
If successful, it will affect about a dozen workers employed by Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd.
Union files bad faith complaint on care home
AgeCare employs over 300 workers at their Walden Heights location. Some of them have had no new contract for 2.5 years.
Edmonton non-profit accused of unionbusting
The union claims that Boyle Street Community Services has terminated the employment of at least 6 workers connected to unionization.
Red Deer nurses file for unionization
If successful, this would affect about 15 workers employed by the Red Deer Primary Care Network.
Safeway workers could strike on Thanksgiving
Over 7,000 Alberta workers have been waiting for over a year for a new contract and are tired of rollbacks, frozen wages, wage reversals, and unionbusting.
ALRB certified 3 unionized workplaces in July 2026
The certificates include transit workers, long-term care workers, and office workers.
AB lost over 200 physician registrations last quarter
We gained under 340 new registrations, so we saw a net loss in doctors.
Dairy workers asking for 10% annual raise
The 100 or so workers are employed at Agropur’s Edmonton milk processing plant, and their most recent collective agreement expired in May.
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