Health-Care support workers in Alberta have new three-year contract

CALGARY – An arbitrator has awarded health-care support staff in Alberta a new three-year contract that includes pay increases and more benefits.

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says it didn’t get everything it wanted in the contract, which is retroactive to April 2014.

Workers affected include staff in IT, records management, food services and facilities maintenance, as well as pharmacy and therapy assistants.

The union and Alberta Health Services negotiated for two years before the arbitrator awarded the contract.