It has been more than 600 days since the faculty association initiated bargaining and nearly 1.5 years since the last collective agreement expired.
It has been more than 600 days since the faculty association initiated bargaining and nearly 1.5 years since the last collective agreement expired.
If they are successful, these 20 academic upgrading instructors will join the Mount Royal Staff Association.
Spread out over 4 years, this would be less than 2% per year and would be less than inflation.
Increases start at 12.55%. Keep in mind that these teachers had wages frozen between 2015 and 2022.
Last week, education support workers employed by 8 school districts in Alberta were on strike. Now, 7 of them have new contracts.
Since 2011, these workers have had 9 years of wage freezes, resulting in a 27% cut to real wages.
Their last contract expired two months after ratification, and the one before that expired the year before it was ratified.
That may seem like a lot to say no to, but there’s something you should know.
800 education support workers in Calgary went on strike today, and their employer responded by hiring scab labour.
Over 1,500 education support workers in the Calgary area announced this past week that they’re going on strike. And other school districts could be joining them soon.