All HSA members in the public health sector are covered by one of the three main collective agreements: here is the only restriction, once I reach Grade 9, the only salary increases I receive will come from the annual increases you have heard about the unions. Currently, members of my union receive 1% per year (plus a $1,000 package). After year 9, I will have reached my increases of steps to the maximum, the incentive to stay will be on leave (5 days for every 5 years), I currently have 4 weeks off. Do I need these annual increases? Perhaps we should increase the cost of living, but not the 2 to 5% increases we have received in the past. This seems to be a fairly normal union agreement. On the other hand, we could be like the United Kingdom and lay off a large part of our unionized employees for less skilled free market workers. It only has the effect that hospital staff work harder for less money and have negative effects on patients` health. But it`s cheaper! I haven`t exhausted my salary yet. It`s going to happen in Grade 9, where I`m going to make almost $110,000. This does not include all the benefits paid by employers and, until then, we will have another collective agreement that will increase that maximum salary (and therefore my maximum salary).
If you are unsure of the agreement that covers your job, please contact us. Community social services and private sector employees are subject to three separate agreements: see here, within the framework of the AHS, during the first years (different for each post or union), I receive an annual increase in wages, in addition to a salary increase. You can check out these step increases here AUPE, HSAA, UNA. It seems that u/calgarythrowa may be a few separation nurses of staff also going to school for four years and are the first patients of people to see. It`s an incredibly demanding job, and they should be well paid, given the amount of work they do and the exhausting and exhausting it can be. Alberta nurses have repeatedly complained about the high workload, which is compounded by understaffing. I also have post-degree training, and my union position does not go to 9 steps and does not reach 100K. The step increases are great, but seven years after my career, I will never see an increase that will increase the cost of living unless the union can negotiate.
It is a long way to retirement, so the increases you are talking about are preloaded and eroded. Which is not a complaint, because it is my choice. I love my job and I would not trade it for private sector money. Unions are not just about representing you and others who still have step increases. They also represent people who have not been involved in many years, see only the increases negotiated in new contracts. If the highest 5 to 10 per cent were willing to make a splash, as you say, corporate tax and a progressive income tax would be on the table. But they`re not. So far, only union wages are deemed worthy by Prentice. That`s why people are on the other, not because they complain about their wages. I am quite satisfied with your salaries and the mechanisms that are increasing them, and I would like to say that it makes me uncomfortable that they do not continue to rise after Grade 9. I am happy to pay taxes so that nurses are well paid. I want the environment to improve in their work so that they can get better results and serve us as best as possible.
