These workers unionized in the summer of 2021, and this will be their first wage increase in “a very long time”.
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Care home office staff to vote on 21% raise
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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.
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Alberta rail workers file for unionization
The employer isn’t too happy about it, however, and is trying to discourage the workers from unionizing.
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St. Albert transit workers get 9% raise
The 100 or so workers had been without a new contract since the end of 2022.
The 6 workers are employed in Fort Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton care workers file for unionization
If they’re successful, the unionization will apply to over 100 workers employed as health care aides and licensed practical nurses.
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The sexualization of queerness
Have you ever noticed how much queer identity is sexualized? Like, I know of someone who had come out to an adult when they were 10 or 11, and the adult responded by asking, “Aren’t you a little too young?” But then the same adult doesn’t say anything when other 10 year olds mentioned their […]
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Edmonton teachers reject new contract
Last month, teachers employed with the Edmonton School Division voted 91% to reject a tentative agreement, which had been recommended by a mediator.
Between July 2018 and July 2023, Alberta saw 1,119 fewer active business, the largest decline seen by any province in Canada during that period.
These workers have been without a new contract for over a year and a half.
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Alberta ironworker wins national award
In 1998, Elise Mailloux became Canada’s first female ironworker. Now, she’s an award-winning ironworker.