After over 2 years without a contract and many months of bargaining, auxiliary nursing care workers with Covenant Health have won wage increases until 2024, although they’re less than they hoped for.
Author: Kim Siever
Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
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Alberta defence lawyers vote to walk off job
After years of underfunding to Legal Aid Alberta, defence lawyers have voted in favour of walking off the job next week.
Since May 2019, the month after the UCP were elected, Alberta has lost nearly 14,000 payroll employees, the worst performance of any province.
Lethbridge’s crime severity dropped last year, compared to 2020, making 3 years in a row the city has seen decreasing crime rates.
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Thousands of AB businesses gone under UCP
Since the UCP were elected in the spring of 2019, Alberta has seen over 2,100 fewer active businesses.
The South Zone is the only health zone that has seen a loss in physician registrations between 2018 and 2022.
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S1 E8: Des Bissonnette
In the 8th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Des Bissonnette, an activist located in Lloydminster. During the interview, Des talks about their Métis background, working in retail, and why retail workers should be unionized. Follow Des: Twitter: https://twitter.com/deebizzo
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Calgary cement masons trying to unionize
The OPCMIA union is trying to help 6 cement masons in Calgary to unionize.
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Is Alberta’s Recovery Plan really working?
Alberta’s premier recently tweeted about Alberta exports. Except what he said was misleading.
When accounting for inflation and 5 years of wage freezes, this new contract will result in what amounts to an effective wage cut of over 15%.