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AUPE News & Updates
For immediate release: Tuesday, May 11, 2004
AUPE Good Sam members ratify new collective agreement
EDMONTON — Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
who work at Good Samaritan Society group homes and a day program in
the Capital Region have voted to ratify a new two-year collective agreement
that includes a three-per-cent pay increase plus a seven-per-cent lump
sum payment in the first year.
The collective agreement ratified late Monday by members of AUPE Local
047/011 also includes a provision for a wage-reopener in the second
year, said AUPE Staff Negotiator Jim Petrie.
Under the new agreement, employees’ on-call pay will rise to $2.25
per hour and $3.25 per hour on weekends from $1.25 per hour, Petrie
said.
“This will give Good Sam employees the same rate for being on
call as employees who come under the Good Sam facilities agreement,”
he explained.
“Their rate now reflects the norm in the sector.
Petrie said the agreement also includes improvements in the clauses
relating to hours of work, performance appraisals, and appointments
and vacancies.
The approximately 220 members care for persons with developmental disabilities
in 22 group homes in the Edmonton area as well as in the Good Samaritan
Society’s Options Program, Petrie said.
In a wage-reopener, the union and employer agree to negotiate wages
for the last year of a collective agreement, leaving all other provisions
of the contract in place.
F or more information, contact:
Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-3301 or 780-232-8392 (cellular
phone)
Jim Petrie, Union Representative, AUPE, 780-930-3335 or 780-919-4415
(cellular phone)
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943
(cellular phone)
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