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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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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!

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6,200 transit workers in AB without new contract

Lethbridge Transit workers have been waiting the longest, since their contract expired at the end of 2022, nearly 2 years ago.

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Solar workers ask for mediation on 1st contract

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.

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14 hospitals in Alberta lost ER service last month

Two communities lost their ER for over 200 hours, and four lost theirs for over 100 hours. Also, one community lost their ambulatory care.

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AB lost over 16,000 FT jobs in Aug 2024

We also had the third highest unemployment rate in the country last month.

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Strike threat leads to first raise in over 8 years

Education workers near St. Albert threatened a limited strike after their employer proposed a wage cut for new workers.

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Cenovus workers get 12.5% raise

They will also receive increases to their travel allowance.

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