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Originally Posted by belsarius
Let's do a little fact checking..
The direct government jobs represented by the AUPE were given a new contract by Hancock in 2014 and raises then, they are not due for more raises until 2018 so lets clarify it's not ALL of AUPE.
Second, yes there are raises coming to AHS support workers who have been without contract since 2014. After being unable to come to an agreement with the PC or the NDP government they went to an independent arbitrator who gave them a 5% raise effective 2014.
Third, there is a wage freeze for government management in effect right now and AUPE is anticipating the government will negotiate from a position of wage freeze for all direct employees next year when the current contract expires.
So no the NDP are not giving out raises to AUPE.
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Thanks for clarifying. Honestly, I'm new to this union gig and I probably made a wise decision to join given the situation. It still feels weird/wrong to be taking a bigger piece of the pie while a significant number of families are faced with life altering decisions.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, former evil oil guy (me) feels like he doesn't deserve the income boost just for being there and doing the same work I used to for XYZ oil company at a lower salary.