The average annual increase for this raise is significantly higher than what these workers received in their previous contract.
Refinery workers get 12.5% raise
The average annual increase for this raise is significantly higher than what these workers received in their previous contract.
The five contracts cover workers in Edmonton, Exshaw, and Calgary.
This is more than double what they received in their last contract.
They also receive an increase in their annual footwear allowance.
The contract, which was settled in July, gives these workers an annual average increase double what they got in their previous contract.
Two communities lost their ER for over 200 hours. Also, two communities lost their ambulatory care.
The contract, which was settled in March, expired less than two weeks later.
The contract, which was settled last November, comes with 6% raises for LPNs and HCAs and 4% raises for everyone else. But these workers have had below inflation increases for years.
This is significantly larger than what they received in their previous contract, but it still falls far short of inflation.
These workers will get a wage increases, but it’s only 2.75% and in the final year of the contract. And it comes in two phases.