They ended up with a loss in real wages of over 21% at the end of their last contract, which expired over 2 years ago.
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Good Samaritan workers ask for 12% raise
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Camrose care home offers workers 12% raise
It still is less than what similar workers got employed by AHS.
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Utility workers get 9% raise in new contract
Unfortunately, it is not enough to make up for below-inflation increases in the previous contract.
Unfortunately, their wages have fallen 15% behind inflation since 2019.
This is more than double what they got in their last collective agreement.
If successful, it would affect about a dozen and a half kitchen and assembly workers.
But it comes on the heels of 3 years of wage freezes and a 13% wage reduction.
For some workers, this will be their first raise since unionizing in 2019.
These workers have not seen a raise in nearly 5 years, and their employer refuses to come to the bargaining table.
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Electricians apply for unionization
The application was not even two days old before the employer had fired one of their workers who was close to the union.