They also saw changes to vacation time and boot allowances.
They also saw changes to vacation time and boot allowances.
They’d received a 20% cut to real wages over the last 3 contracts.
Their current union certificate covers over 400 workers in Fort McMurray. They want to bring in even more.
If successful, it will be the first Alberta location to be unionized with this national chain.
They got only 8% in their last contract.
In their last two contracts, these workers have had to deal with 6 years off wage freezes, resulting in a real wage cut of 21%.
It includes better raises than they received in their last two contracts.
We’ve seen a net loss of 23,500 full-time jobs to date in 2025.
These workers unionized nearly 3 years ago. They got their first contract only after it went through mediation and arbitration for over a year.
Unfortunately, that wait ended up giving them 4 years of wage freezes.