New contract at Medicine Hat care centre
UFCW Canada Local 1118 members at the Revera Long Term Care Centre in Medicine Hat, Alta., have ratified a new collective agreement at the 143-bed facility. The contract covers about a hundred members working as licensed practical nurses, nursing attendants, and dietary and cook staff, as well as housekeeping, laundry, and recreational staff. ![]() The collective agreement provides members with a 3% wage increase in each of the first, second, and third years of the contract, and a 2.5% increase for the remainder of the three-and-a-half-year agreement. Also included are benefit increases. In addition, weekend premiums will increase from $1.50 per hour to $4 per hour over the term. DIRECTIONS • Vol. X No. 12 • March 29, 2010 |