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Bear in mind that some public sector work environments still have expired cumulative arrangements. I have calculated wage boosts at 0% in years not covered by a present collective arrangement, which reduces 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 boost for postsecondary collective bargaining arrangements has been below the rate of inflation in nearly every April considering that the UCP took power, aside from in 2020, when we had quick deflation, and 2025, where postsecondary wage growth was barely higher than inflation.

Between April 2019 and April 2025, Alberta has seen a combined inflation increase of 19.1%. The postsecondary sector did not manage to strike even a 3rd of that amount for wage boosts. Not only are we utilizing less employees in postsecondary than we ought to be, presuming we want to keep up with population development, however also we're not paying them enough for them to capture up to the expense of living.

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Through legal changes, job cuts, and decreased financing, the UCP federal government has actually methodically weakened labour protections, suppressed union power, and constrained public sector growthleaving essential services, such as postsecondary education, struggling to equal population growth. Wage boosts have lagged far behind inflation, wearing down real income and diminishing workers' acquiring power.

But we can't do it workplace by office. We need to do it in uniformity with one another: unions supporting unions and private sector employees supporting public sector workersand vice versa. An office of 35 employees going on strike for more than a 12% combined wage boost won't be sufficient to get this federal government to alter its unionbusting ideology.

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Improving the material conditions of the working class will only come from workers 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 arrangement; we got it after hundreds of countless workers went on strike in May 1886 and demanded it.

We didn't get employment insurance since the government chose to be generous one day and give it to us. It was because thousands of employees boarded boxcars in June 1935 to take a trip to Ottawa and demand it.

They divide us based on skin colour so we do not see they are lobbying federal governments to take away our rights. They divide us based on gender so we don't see them robbing us of our salaries to boost revenues. They divide us based upon sexual preference so we don't see them turning full-time jobs into several part-time tasks.

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They divide us based upon ethnic background so we do not see them making use of inexpensive labour to avoid paying us effectively. They divide us since they know if we're united, we have all the power. My battle isn't simply my struggle. Your battle isn't just your struggle. Public sector worker struggle isn't just a public sector employee struggle.

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

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

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