The Alberta Worker
The company claims they need the temporary foreign workers because of a national labour shortage, but the union representing workers say the shortage is self-inflicted because of low wages.
And that’s on top of wage adjustments of between 1% and 3%.
In a meeting of Lethbridge City Council last month, the mayor and all 8 members of city council unanimously approved a new 4-year contract for the workers employed at the The City of Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant. Their previous contract is set to expire at the end of this month. The workers, which belong to […]
But it comes at a cost: 3 years of wage freezes. That makes 5 years of wage freezes over a 7-year period.
Lethbridge EMS responded to the second highest number of drug-related events during November 2022 than in any other November over the last 5 years, extending an upward trend that started in June.
Some of the workers at Sylvan Lake Lodge claim that their current union is dragging their feet on enforcing their collective agreement.
Workers voted 76% in favour of the new agreement, after being without an agreement for over 6 months.
The workers had voted 96% and 94% in favour of striking during two strike votes held earlier this year, after being 2 years with no contract.
This marks 12 workers that have now come forward this year accusing Starbucks of unionbusting in Lethbridge.
Lethbridge EMS responded to the second highest number of drug-related events during October 2022 than in any other October over the last 5 years, building on an upward trend that started in June.