These workers have received raises less than inflation for years, and it’s time to catch up.
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Calgary hospitality workers file to unionize
These 25 workers are employed in a 93-bed long-term care home.
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Care home workers to vote on 6.25% raise
If ratified, the tentative 5-year contract will be the first contract these more than 200 health care workers will have had since their last one expired nearly 4 years ago.
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.
The workers at this location haven’t had a new contract in over 5 years.
They gave top marks for security and safety, relationships with staff, and their own autonomy. The gave bottom marks for meals, access to internet and technology, and recreational opportunities.
In 2017, the NDP announced a new continuing care facility in Calgary. Last month, construction finally started. It was supposed to be built by now.
When Jason Kenney and Tyler Shandro announced a $200 million increase to continuing care funding last week, they left out a few details.
Late last month, the Alberta government announced the opening of a seniors housing facility in the town of Innisfail. The replacement facility was actually announced and started under the NDP government, but you wouldn’t know that from last month’s announcement. Not only was there no mention of the previous government, there wasn’t even mention that […]
This funding was made possible thanks to a 10-year bilateral agreement signed under the Alberta NDP in 2019.