Tag: bargaining

For some workers, this will be their first raise since unionizing in 2019.

These workers have not seen a raise in nearly 5 years, and their employer refuses to come to the bargaining table.

They are hoping for improvements to wages, scheduling, and working conditions.

They have been waiting for over two years for a new collective agreement, ever since their last one expired in June 2024.

Unlike the 12% over 4 years that public sector workers have been getting lately, this raise will be over just 3 years.

Unfortunately, Gateway Casinos never gave them wage increases during their last two collective agreements, so this is an inadequate raise.

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.

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.

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.