Calgary nursing care workers employed by Carewest had been without a contract for over 3 years and their last raise was back in 2016.
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Nursing care workers approve 4.25% raise
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August 2023 marked 3 full years since the defunding of the Lethbridge supervised consumption site led to its closure. Responses by local EMS over the last year skyrocketed compared to previous years.
One community saw its ER closed 11 times last month for a combined 242 hours.
Unionized workers employed by the Good Samaritan Society have been without a new contract for over 6 years. The mediator came back with recommendations that are better than nothing, but workers still can’t keep up with inflation.
These continuing care workers are based out of Calgary and voted to unionize back in the summer of 2021. This is their first contract.
In the South Zone, the number of family doctors still taking patients has dropped to just 6 since 2020, decline of nearly 90%
Lethbridge EMS responded to the second highest number of drug-related events last month than in any other month so far this year.
Lethbridge doctors, on average, are responsible for 37 more people than they were 4 years ago.
Their previous contract had expired last October.
These workers also received changes to bereavement leave and health benefits.