Ratification dates will be announced soon
Your negotiating teams are pleased to report that on September 1 we signed a tentative agreement with the employer that matches the Alberta Health Services monetary pattern on percentage wage increases and Covid lump sum payments.
On September 27, we will meet with the employer again to review any outstanding non-monetary concerns, including key items relating to seniority, temporary workers’ vacation and special leave.
Throughout the informal mediation process, we have had the assistance of provincial mediator, Mia Norrie. The parties have agreed that the mediator will write recommendations for any articles which remain outstanding after the final bargaining session has concluded.
We will receive the mediator’s written recommendations no later than October 25, after which we will set dates for ratification.
Late last year, members agreed to the employer’s request to consolidate Bethany’s various nursing care agreements into one master agreement, and its general support services agreements into another master agreement. However, for most of these groups, bargaining first started in 2017.
Among the individual agreements, seven -- Airdrie, Calgary, Cochrane, Collegside, Didsbury, Harvest Hills, Sylvan lake – are renewal agreements and three -- Riverview, Mountview Lodge, Sundre Supportive living – are first agreements. These first agreements benefited additionally, as they inherited the strong language of the more mature agreements with which they are now merged. The first agreements will include retroactive pay back to the date of certification.
More highlights from the tentative agreement are below.
Nursing Care
Wage increases
- October 1, 2021 – 1% general wage increase *retroactive
- September 1, 2022 – 1.25% general wage increase *retroactive
- Effective April 1, 2023 – 2% general wage increase
Covid premium
- NC workers will receive a lump sum of 1% for all hours worked in 2021
At the date of ratification, the NC agreement will match AHS basic hourly wage rates.
Wage grid alignment
NC workers will not suffer a reduction in their basic rate of pay as a result of the implementation of the new salary schedule. This applies to:
- Health care aides, occupational therapy aides and recreation assistants at Step 6;
- LPNs at Airdrie and Cochrane worksites at steps 2, 3, 4 and 5;
- LPNs at Airdrie and Cochrane worksites at Step 6, unless the employee qualifies to move to Step 8.
An Employee whose basic rate of pay exceeds the basic rate of pay for the wage step of their classification as of the date of ratification will have their basic rate of pay maintained until they receive an increment to the next wage step, or they transfer to a new classification.
General Support Services
Wage increases
- April 1, 2019 – 1% general wage increase. *retroactive
- September 1, 2022 – 1% general wage increase. *retroactive
- Effective April 1, 2023 – 2% general wage increase
Covid premium
- GSS workers will receive a lump sum of 1% for all hours worked in 2021, plus a $1400 lump sum pro-rated to FTE for 2021.
Wage grid alignment
Rates for Calgary and Airdrie worksites will align in the consolidated GSS agreement, effective the date of ratification, by providing the following adjustments:
- Bethany Airdrie – Clerk / Receptionist and Rehabilitation Aide Step 2 increases by $0.54 per hour to $19.92
- Bethany Calgary – Maintenance Worker I Step 1 increases by $0.01 to $18.39
More information about ratification is coming soon. Thank you to the members for your support and engagement throughout this lengthy process. If you have any questions about this update, please contact a member of the negotiating team.
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAMS – BETHANY CARE SOCIETY
Airdrie NC (084/009)
Sabrina Edwards
[email protected] or 403-837-2708
Jill Thompson
[email protected] or 403-874-0076
Airdrie GSS (084/009)
Eileen Booth
[email protected] or 403-771-6229
Calgary NC (084/010)
Valerie Monkman
[email protected] or 403-460-8161
Aida Varela
[email protected] or 587-216-3936
Michelle Fluter
[email protected] or 403-836-4071
Calgary GSS (084/010)
Davinder Bhatti
[email protected] or 403-991-9129
Margaret Billings
[email protected] or 403-978-8935
Harvest Hills NC (084/011)
Sharon Hoben
[email protected] or 403-813-9416
Mai Fang Tian
[email protected] or 403-397-3796
Davinder Manhas
[email protected] or 403-590-4884
Cochrane NC (084/017)
Beverly Dyck
[email protected]
Red Deer (084/015)
Lourdes Alberto
[email protected] or 403-872-3718
Cheryl Hoffman
[email protected] or 825-706-2770
Topaz Phang
[email protected] or 403-307-3280
Sylvan Lake (084/012)
Nadine Frederick
[email protected] or 403-391-6607
Josephine Covin
[email protected] or 403-505-8924
Didsbury (084/014)
Carrie Sears
[email protected] or 403-808-2713
Brenda Thomson
[email protected] or 587-436-3927
Teusdae Johnston
[email protected] or 403-439-0191
Mount View Lodge - Olds (084/013)
June Brogden
[email protected] or 403-438-0001
Tess (Maria Teresa) McAllister
[email protected] or 403-438-0051
Tammi Gudjonson
[email protected] or 587-444-0113
Sundre Seniors’ Supportive Living (084/013)
Georgina Alm
[email protected] or 403-559-8493
Jessica McAllister
[email protected] or 403-895-0784
Janie Wozny
[email protected] or 403-586-0323
Riverview NC (084/016)
Regilda Ramos
[email protected] or 403-796-5118
Lamia Khorfan
[email protected] or 403-483-9487
Cathy Senger
[email protected] or 403-926-3379
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
James Mitchell, Negotiations
[email protected]
Michelle Szalynski, Organizing
[email protected]
Christine Yargeau-Becker, Organizing
[email protected]
Communications
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