This is comparable to what they got in their last contract, on an annual average basis.
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Fort Saskatchewan workers get 9.5% raise
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Some of these workers hadn’t seen a raise since 2015. As well, this contract expired just two months after it was ratified.
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Edmonton electrical workers get 9% raise
These 12 workers are set to receive a 3% increase in every year of their 3-year contract.
Over a 6-year period that includes their last contract and their new contract, these workers will have received 3 years of wage freezes.
Lethbridge Transit workers have been waiting the longest, since their contract expired at the end of 2022, nearly 2 years ago.
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AB lost over 16,000 FT jobs in Aug 2024
We also had the third highest unemployment rate in the country last month.
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Cenovus workers get 12.5% raise
They will also receive increases to their travel allowance.
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Lethbridge home builders get 11.13% raise
This is much better than the 1% annual raise they got in the last contract, but not enough to help them catch up to the cost of living since signing their last contract.
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Suncor workers get 12.5% raise
They will also receive increases to shift premiums.
I was invited to be one of the speakers that Labour Day Rally held at the Lethbridge City Hall this year.