The 100 or so workers will see the raise spread over 3 years. There will be a few more changes in their new collective agreement.
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Sand workers to get 7% raise
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Central Alberta paramedics file to unionize
If successful, it will be the only Alberta bargaining unit of the International Association of Fire Fighters that isn’t employed by a municipal government.
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Calgary nurses file for unionization
The two dozen workers are employed at an aging-in-place facility in the city’s southwest.
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Leth. EMS drug responses rising again?
After reaching an all-time monthly low in January, EMS drug responses rose in the final two months of the most recent quarter.
Someone’s mad.
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New doctor registrations slow under UCP
Over the last 5 years that the UCP have been in power, the number of physicians registered in the province saw a net increase that was 400 lower than during the 4 years under the NDP.
The government recently announced plans to privatize some EMS services in Calgary and Edmonton.
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Covenant Health workers demand 35% raise
After two years of wage freezes and 5 years of below-inflation increases, they’ve had enough with their employer making it harder and harder to support their families and pay their bills.
They allege that AHS’s move to transfer over 3,000 nurses to Recovery Alberta violates their current collective agreement.
One community lost its ER for over 200 hours, and 3 others lost theirs for over 100 hours each last month.