The agreement includes a 9% wage increase over the 3-year agreement.
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Drumheller care workers approve new contract
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CapitalCare workers voting on new agreement
The proposed agreement includes improvements to wages, benefits, and premiums.
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Athabasca University workers get 12% raise
This is pretty much what all postsecondary workers are getting now, even though their real wages have fallen below 12% over the last two contracts.
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Magnesite workers approve new contract
The agreement includes improvements to wages, shift premiums, RRSP contributions, clothing allowances, and overtime.
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Green Acres workers to vote on new contract
The new contracts would include increases to wages, health benefit premiums, shift differentials, preceptor pay, charge pay, and callback pay.
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Home care employer accused of unionbusting
Bayshore Home Care allegedly refuses to do more than just surface bargaining and has been offering higher wages to non-unionized workers.
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S5 E2 – Dawn Adams
In the second episode of season 5 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever interviews Dawn Adams, a disabled food services worker. In this episode, Dawn discusses growing up in Calgary as a child of a bus driver and a nurse, working with multiple disabilities, being a parent of a child with […]
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CBI Home Health workers ask for 24% raise
They have also asked for market adjustments, long service adjustments, increases to shift premiums, and a reduction in health benefit premiums.
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Air Canada workers split on new agreement
Workers in technical services rejected the agreement, but those in finance and clerical positions approved it.
These workers are employed by Associated Ambulance & Services (Whitecourt) Ltd. and could see improvements to wages and benefits.