Earlier this month, the Mediation Services department of Alberta Jobs, Economy, and Trade published the July 2024 Bargaining Update.
This monthly report provides information about the unionized workforce, primarily in Alberta. Last month, Mediation Services received settlement information regarding 26 private sector and 10 public sector bargaining settlements, covering 2,032 and 6,698 workers respectively.
One of those settlements was for about 50 workers employed by Heidelberg Materials Canada at the concrete pipe facility in Calgary. The company was previously known as Lehigh Hanson Limited (operating as Inland Pipe) but rebranded themselves last year.
The workers include equipment operators, maintenance workers, stockpersons, tradespeople, and general labourers. They are represented by Local 362 of the Teamsters.
The previous collective agreement between the two parties expired this past March. The workers and the employers settled on a new 3-year contract last month.
Mediation Services didn’t include the complete new 3-year contract, but they did provide information on wage increases.
| 1 April 2024 | 5.00% |
| 1 April 2025 | 4.00% |
| 1 April 2026 | 4.00% |
That works out to a combined increase of 13% per year, or 13.57% if you account for compound increases. The annual average is 4.52%.
This is significantly more than what they received in their last contract, which was only about 5% over the life of the entire 3-year contract.
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[…] The new collective agreement will expire in February 2027. It also follows a new collective agreement won by Heidelberg workers (represented by Local 362 of the Teamsters) in Calgary last summer. […]