Unfortunately, their wages have fallen 15% behind inflation since 2019.

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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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The application was not even two days old before the employer had fired one of their workers who was close to the union.

They are hoping for improvements to wages, scheduling, and working conditions.

They have been waiting for over two years for a new collective agreement, ever since their last one expired in June 2024.

If successful, it would affect about 2 dozen workers.

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If successful, it would affect over 50 workers.

Over 7,000 Alberta workers have been waiting for over a year for a new contract and are tired of rollbacks, frozen wages, wage reversals, and unionbusting.

They currently represent about 1,000 FortisAlberta workers, but they want to bring in engineers-in-training.

There are no wage increases, but there are improvements to vacation time and meal allowances.