CLASS WAR IN ALBERTA
















100 YEARS AGO ALBERTA LABOUR WAS FORGED IN THE FIRE OF THE 1919 GENERAL STRIKE!
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Alberta eyes legislation if necessary to override public sector wage talks

EDMONTON -- Alberta's finance minister says the government will pass legislation if necessary to override collective bargaining agreements with unions and delay contractually mandated wage talks.

The move would affect thousands of workers across the province, including nurses, hospital support staff, conservation officers, social workers, correctional officers and sheriffs who protect politicians in the legislature.

Finance Minister Travis Toews says all options are on the table as the United Conservatives work to find savings to eradicate Alberta's annual multibillion-dollar budget deficits.

The issue involves unionized workers who took pay freezes in the first two years of their contracts but now have the right in the third and final year to have the wage portion reopened and subject to arbitration if necessary.

Toews says they want to delay those talks until after an independent panel reports in August on ways to save money.

The move was not announced by government but was revealed by the Opposition NDP in a leaked letter from Toews' ministry to public sector unions.


NDP critic David Eggen and United Nurses spokesman David Harrigan say the move is unfair and heavy handed and suggests the government believes it is above the law.


🚨🚨Here's what you can do now🚨🚨
CONTACT ALBERTA'S LABOUR MINISTER and let him know a deal's a deal. Using legislation to break the terms of a negotiated collective agreement isn’t bargaining. It’s bullying.
📢By phone: Call Labour Minister Jason Copping at 780-638-9400 and call Finance Minister Travis Toews at 780-415-485.
📢By email: Email Labour Minister Jason Copping at labour.minister@gov.ab.ca and Finance Minister Travis Toews tbf.minister@gov.ab.ca.
📢On Twitter: Tweet Labour Minister Jason Copping @JasonCoppingMLA and the United Conservative Party @Alberta_UCP. Use hashtag #ableg
📢Talk to your coworkers: Ask them how they feel about this illegal attack you your rights, your wages and your jobs. Talk about what you’re prepared to do to take action. Show them how to join the fight.