Workers will receive wage increase in all three years of deal
Almost 160 General Support Services (GSS) members represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees at Carewest public care facilities across Calgary, ratified a three-year collective agreement.
The agreement — retroactive to 2014 — mirrors the arbitrator’s ruling awarded to Alberta Health Services’ GSS staff in July, according to the union.
“We’re pleased an agreement was reached both sides find acceptable,” said Karen Weiers, AUPE vice-president.
The agreement will see Carewest GSS members receive a wage increase of two per cent in the first and second years and one per cent in year three. Members will also see an increase to their flex health spending account, according to the union.
AUPE is Alberta’s largest union with 90,000 members provincewide. More than half work in public, private and non-profit health care.
