Under the Alberta NDP government’s new law, private ballot votes are no longer required to certify a union. All that’s needed is for at least 65 per cent of employees at a given site to sign a card and pay $2.
A second labourer with Icon says workers’ income has dropped from $28 per hour to $25.37 — a drop of $2.63 an hour since the union certification was approved by the ALRB (Alberta Labour Relations Board). The union also takes another $1.06 per hour from their pay, as well as another monthly fee in dues.
“My last paycheque was short $700 thanks to this union certification,” says the worker. “All of my years of seniority, hard work and skill are not taken into account as a result of this union certification,” said the worker. “Now, all the young newbies are being paid the same as me. It’s unfair and it’s wrong.”
A second labourer with Icon says workers’ income has dropped from $28 per hour to $25.37 — a drop of $2.63 an hour since the union certification was approved by the ALRB (Alberta Labour Relations Board). The union also takes another $1.06 per hour from their pay, as well as another monthly fee in dues.
“My last paycheque was short $700 thanks to this union certification,” says the worker. “All of my years of seniority, hard work and skill are not taken into account as a result of this union certification,” said the worker. “Now, all the young newbies are being paid the same as me. It’s unfair and it’s wrong.”
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