Tag: bargaining

It includes raises ranging from 6.23% to 11.73% for starting wages.

Local 5220 of the United Steelworkers is accusing AltaSteel of avoiding meeting with the workers’ bargaining committee to negotiate a new collective agreement.

They had originally asked for a 26% raise, given that they had seen a drop in real wages of 22% during their last two collective agreements.

Real wages for these workers are nearly 20% lower than they were back in 2017.

The workers have waited over a year for a new collective agreement from Sofina Foods, and rejected the first offer back in February.

The new agreement will affect about 75 workers employed by Waste Connections of Canada.

Over 500 non-academic workers employed by the University of Lethbridge have been waiting for nearly 2 years for a new collective agreement.

However, it falls short of making up for 5 years of wage freezes, and it comes at a cost of no other monetary improvements.

This is just months after signing a new 3-year collective agreement with over 5 dozen workers.

Together with their union, workers have filed 640 grievances with the Alberta Labour Relations Board against the Alberta government’s recent decision to end hybrid work arrangements.