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Some public sector workplaces still have ended collective arrangements. I have actually computed wage boosts at 0% in years not covered by a present collective contract, which lowers the average for those years. 20190.37% 20200.00% 20210.02% 20220.09% 20232.62% 20241.63% 20251.61% Things have actually not benefited post-secondary workers throughout the last 7 years of wage increases.

20190.37% 2.20% 20200.00% -0.50% 20210.02% 3.30% 20220.09% 6.30% 20232.62% 4.30% 20241.63% 3.00% 20251.61% 1.50% As we can see, the typical wage increase for postsecondary collective bargaining contracts has actually been below the rate of inflation in nearly every April considering that the UCP took power, besides in 2020, when we had quick deflation, and 2025, where postsecondary wage growth was barely greater than inflation.

In between April 2019 and April 2025, Alberta has actually seen a combined inflation boost of 19.1%. The postsecondary sector did not manage to hit even a third of that quantity for wage increases. So, not just are we using fewer employees in postsecondary than we need to be, assuming we desire to stay up to date with population growth, but likewise we're not paying them enough for them to capture up to the expense of living.

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Through legal changes, task cuts, and minimized funding, the UCP federal government has actually systematically deteriorated labour securities, suppressed union power, and constrained public sector growthleaving important services, such as postsecondary education, having a hard time to keep rate with population growth. Wage boosts have lagged far behind inflation, deteriorating genuine earnings and decreasing workers' buying power.

However we can't do it workplace by workplace. We must do it in solidarity with one another: unions supporting unions and economic sector employees supporting public sector workersand vice versa. A workplace of 35 workers going on strike for more than a 12% combined wage boost won't suffice to get this government to alter its unionbusting ideology.

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Improving the product conditions of the working class will only come from employees standing together in uniformity and requiring it. We didn't get the 40-hour work week because one local of one union negotiated it into their collective agreement; we got it after hundreds of countless employees went on strike in May 1886 and demanded it.

We didn't get employment insurance due to the fact that the federal government decided to be generous one day and give it to us. It was since thousands of workers boarded boxcars in June 1935 to travel to Ottawa and require it.

They divide us based upon skin colour so we do not see they are lobbying federal governments to remove our rights. They divide us based upon gender so we don't see them robbing us of our wages to enhance earnings. They divide us based upon sexual preference so we don't see them turning full-time tasks into multiple part-time jobs.

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They divide us based on ethnic background so we do not see them exploiting inexpensive labour to prevent paying us effectively. They divide us due to the fact that they know if we're united, we have all the power. My battle isn't simply my battle. Your battle isn't simply your battle. Public sector employee battle isn't just a public sector worker battle.

White collar employee struggle isn't just a white collar worker battle. Blue collar employee battle isn't simply a blue collar employee battle. When I stood with striking postal workers in 2018, it wasn't because I was a postal worker; it was since their battle is a class battle.

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When I took part in the wildcat strike in front of Chinook Regional Medical Facility in 2020, it wasn't due to the fact that I was a healthcare facility employee; it was since their struggle is a class battle. When I stood with picketing Lethbridge nurses in 2021, it wasn't because I was a nurse; it was due to the fact that their struggle is a class battle.

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When I signed up with the picket line of striking PSAC workers in 2023, it wasn't due to the fact that I was a federal government worker; it was because their battle is a class struggle. When I stood on the picket line of rail employees in 2024, it wasn't because I was a rail worker; it was due to the fact that their struggle is a class struggle.