If successful, this would affect 70 workers based out of Edmonton.
Edmonton care workers file for unionization

If successful, this would affect 70 workers based out of Edmonton.
If successful, this would affect 40 workers in Southern Alberta.
During the first 6 months of 2023, the Alberta government recorded 81 opioid-related deaths in Lethbridge. During all of 2022, there were 79, the previous high.
Once a new collective agreement is negotiated and ratified, it’ll apply to over 300 workers.
If successful, this would affect 70 workers based out of Calgary.
The workers had been waiting for almost 3 years for a new contract.
Calgary nursing care workers employed by Carewest had been without a contract for over 3 years and their last raise was back in 2016.
August 2023 marked 3 full years since the defunding of the Lethbridge supervised consumption site led to its closure. Responses by local EMS over the last year skyrocketed compared to previous years.
The workers had been waiting since last December for a new contract.
This comes to less than 2% per year on average, which is less than the rate of inflation. As well, pension contributions have changed, with the employer no longer providing more than the worker.