Last week, the Alberta Labour Relations Board published their last new applications report for February 2024. In it was a new application to certify the unionization of recycling workers in Edmonton.
Local 362 of the General Teamsters Union filed the application on 21 February 2024 on behalf of all workers all employees (except office, clerical, and retail sales) employed by The Salvation Army at their distribution warehouse in northwest Edmonton.
Workers at the warehouse coordinate distribution of donated goods to the various programmes of the employer, including thrift stores and resource centres.
In a phone conversation with The Alberta Worker, Stacy Tulp, a business agent and organizer for Local 362, indicated that they already represent Salvation Army workers in Calgary.
The ALRB has agreed to hold a hearing tomorrow regarding this application, which will give the employer an opportunity to argue why they think these workers shouldn’t be able to join Local 362 of the Teamsters.
If the application is approved, the ALRB will supervise a vote, during which time, the workers will have a chance to indicate whether they should unionize.
If unionization is successful, it will apply to 7 workers.
Because the ALRB doesn’t archive their new application reports, here is a copy of last week’s report.
2 replies on “Edmonton Salvation Army workers try to unionize”
‘change’ may not be the word you meant in this sentence. “the workers will have a change to indicate whether they should unionize.”
You’re right! Thanks for catching that.