These workers received a cut to real wages of nearly 10% over their last collective agreement, and inflation has hit nearly 10% since their last agreement expired.
Calgary care home provider offers 8% raise
Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
These workers received a cut to real wages of nearly 10% over their last collective agreement, and inflation has hit nearly 10% since their last agreement expired.
This is the first time in over 3 years they have been below third place.
Wages for these workers over the last decade have fallen 16 percentage points behind inflation and some workers are making only $16 an hour.
If successful, it will affect about a dozen workers employed by Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd.
They ended up with a loss in real wages of over 21% at the end of their last contract, which expired over 2 years ago.
It still is less than what similar workers got employed by AHS.
Unfortunately, it is not enough to make up for below-inflation increases in the previous contract.