Over a 6-year period that includes their last contract and their new contract, these workers will have received 3 years of wage freezes.
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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Calgary education workers want 30% raise
The 50 or so workers are employed at a private school run by a non-profit.
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S3 E6 – Chris Rowley
In the sixth episode of season 3 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever interviews Chris Rowley, a Lethbridge-based disability advocate. In this episode, we talk about Chris’s life and labour history, including the intersection of being disabled and being a member of the working class. Follow Chris Rowley Facebook: facebook.com/chris.rowley.5686 Follow […]
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Nisku boilermakers try to unionize
The 9 workers are employed with TIW Steel Platework Inc.
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Operating engineers ratify first contracts
The workers are employed by two different companies, one of which has agree to a 22% wage increase in the first year!
Lethbridge Transit workers have been waiting the longest, since their contract expired at the end of 2022, nearly 2 years ago.
Unions can only get us so far when we’re in hierarchal, undemocratic workplaces.
These workers unionized earlier this year, but they have yet been able to convince the employer to agree to a first contract.
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Two companies accused of unionbusting
One employer is intimidating unionizing workers with threats of job loss, and the other evicted workers trying to unionize.
Two communities lost their ER for over 200 hours, and four lost theirs for over 100 hours. Also, one community lost their ambulatory care.