CUPE Alberta President Rory Gill sent an open letter to Alberta Minister of Finance and Treasury Board Nate Horner demanding the province stop interfering in the union’s collective bargaining.
You can read the letter here:
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While Alberta government ministers and their spokespeople consistently claim they have no involvement in bargaining with CUPE, there are examples of their direct influence at every single school division bargaining table.
“It’s time for the premier and her cabinet ministers to admit their low wage mandates aren’t acceptable, won’t be tolerated, and need to be rescinded,” said Gill.