These workers have been waiting for 3.5% years for a new collective agreement and their wages have fallen nearly 20% behind inflation since unionizing.

The employer has offered increases to wages, shift premiums, meal allowance, paid holidays, and severance pay, but the bargaining committee says it falls short.

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Alberta saw 11 CEOs make the top 100 list, compared to just 14 in 2023. And most of them were in the energy sector. Last week, David Macdonald published his Living the high life: A record-breaking ...

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