Some workers have been stuck at $15 an hour since they got their first contract in 2021.
Red Lobster workers want $22.30 minimum wage
Some workers have been stuck at $15 an hour since they got their first contract in 2021.
And that is just the second year of the new contract. They want additional increases retroactive to this past May, when the previous contract expired.
These workers unionized last year, so they are trying to negotiate their first collective agreement.
When you factor in wage increases over the last two contracts plus inflation during that time and leading up to this past summer, wages for these workers are 21% behind inflation.
The certificates include art instructors, group home workers, landfill workers, and electrical workers.
These workers have not received a wage increase in 2.5 years.
These workers received a cut to real wages of nearly 10% over their last collective agreement, and inflation has hit nearly 10% since their last agreement expired.
This is the first time in over 3 years they have been below third place.
Wages for these workers over the last decade have fallen 16 percentage points behind inflation and some workers are making only $16 an hour.
If successful, it will affect about a dozen workers employed by Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd.