The Alberta Worker
They had been waiting for 5 years for a new contract, and when they finally get one, it has 2 years of wage freezes. They had wage freezes in their previous 2 contracts.
The roughly 800 workers are employed at the company’s Contact Centre in Calgary.
The certificates include long-term care workers, community service workers, and welding inspectors.
We also had the highest unemployment rate outside of Atlantic Canada and only the third highest median hourly wage.
According to the union, Carewest wants to lay off unionized workers and make them apply for their own positions, which are being transferred to a new location.
If successful, it would affect over 30 workers employed by the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton.
This works out to less than 4% over 3 years, which sucks given that inflation increased by almost 6% since their last raise.
This is the first raise they have received in over a decade.
Licensed practical nurses and health care aides at Touchmark’s Wedgewood facility are voting on increases to wages, premiums, and flex spending accounts.
Employed at 5 Caffe Rosso locations, these workers unionized in April.