Local LTC workers sign deal with three-year wage freeze
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Long-term care workers at southeast Alberta’s publicly operated Cypress View Foundation will see no raises for the next three years, according to the latest bulletin from Alberta Labour.
It’s the last of the outstanding contracts for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local No. 46, and the latest in a string of wage freezes, including working at City of Medicine Hat.
About 80 unionized employees at Cypress View ratified the contract in late October, though notice first appeared in the overview of January contract settlements published this week.
Meatpackers union argues Cargill undermined efforts in outbreak
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Cargill Inc. is facing accusations at a Canadian hearing that it undermined union leaders trying to protect workers at an Alberta beef plant during one of the industryâs worst Covid-19 outbreaks.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 is making its case as hearings continue this week with the Alberta Labour Relations Board, days after a police investigation into a COVID-19 death of a plant employee last May brought renewed attention to Cargillâs actions during last yearâs outbreak at its High River facility. Hearings with the provincial agency started in the middle of last year.