The Town of Coaldale has reached an agreement with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees after union workers were locked out for over two months. The deal was ratified on November 10th and will remain Read More
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The shockwaves of the strike action have been felt throughout the province today, including here in Lethbridge, with students and parents expressing mixed emotions. A group of students have gathered outside Winston Churchill High School Read More
The government of Alberta has reached a tentative contract with the Alberta Teachers Association, which if ratified would avert an October 6th strike. In a statement released Wednesday morning, Finance Minister Nate Horner said the Read More
A rally was held by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees based at Covenant Health’s St Therese Villa here in Lethbridge earlier today. The union and the workers at St Therese have been bargaining Read More
Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have ratified a new four year contract with the government. 71 percent of the 23,000 eligible members cast ballots and 63% of those voted in favour of the mediated settlement. Read More
Alberta Minister of Finance Nate Horner has pushed back on the demand of AUPE’s wage increase demands of 29% over four years. Horner tells BCN it would cost taxpayers greatly. Mediation will begin on June 2.Read More
United Nurses of Alberta have announced that their members have overwhelmingly agreed on a four-year collective agreement with Alberta Health Services. It will see members get a 20% pay increase over the term, and will see Read More
The Canadian Union of Public Employees say they reached tentative deals with the government to potentially end strikes from staff with Edmonton Public School Board and Fort McMurray public & Catholic school boards. CUPE 1825 in Read More
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers continue to strike into the new week as a new deal between Canada Post and its workers remain up for discussion; seemingly without federal intervention for now.Read More
At the commencement of the work stoppage from Canada Post workers, members of CUPW Local 770 set up a picket line in downtown Lethbridge until they say an agreement can be reached.Read More
Contract negotiations continue between Canada Post and its union. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says its national executive board has yet to decide if job action will take place. They say it all hinges Read More
Lethbridge City Council and the union representing city workers have agreed on a new collective agreement which will see worker wages increase by 11% over the next four years.Read More
Kyle Larkin is the executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. He says it is vital for Canadian producers to see all trains rolling again as soon as possible. Read More
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company’s must reach a deal with union workers by Thursday in order to prevent an “unprecedented” work stoppage.Read More
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada in Lethbridge are continuing to protest as they too are participating in a nationwide strike. This has many people wondering how this will affect things such as Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a labour dispute between the federal government and its biggest union will not be negotiated in public. In one of the largest strike actions in Canadian history, 155-thousand federal employees Read More
The federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano, says instead of the CBC going on a cross Canada tour promoting itself to Canadians it needs to be defunded. Terrazzano also talks about how Read More
