Unfortunately, their wages have fallen 15% behind inflation since 2019.
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Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
This is more than double what they got in their last collective agreement.
If successful, it would affect about a dozen and a half kitchen and assembly workers.
But it comes on the heels of 3 years of wage freezes and a 13% wage reduction.
For some workers, this will be their first raise since unionizing in 2019.
