They will be operating an information picket at the downtown branch of the Lethbridge Public Library tomorrow.
They will be operating an information picket at the downtown branch of the Lethbridge Public Library tomorrow.
These workers have been waiting for nearly a year and a half for a new collective agreement.
The new collective agreements cover workers in outgoing hospital locations in Calgary and U of A locations in Edmonton.
They also get increased boot allowance, meal allowance, employer pension contributions, and dental coverage.
The employer has told workers that they will lose work and receive pay cuts if they unionize.
These workers have been waiting for more than a year and a half for a new collective agreement.
Tomorrow will be a year since the last collective agreement for these workers expired.
These workers saw a real wage cut of nearly 25% in their last two contracts, and their last contract expired over a year and a half ago.
The certificates include firefighters and humalite miners.
It took over a year and half after these workers filed to unionize to finally get their first collective agreement.