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Employer violating pandemic order: AUPE EDMONTON — The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) filed an unfair labour complaint on May 25 over the treatment of front-line workers. "Our complaint alleges that one employer is violating the Ministerial Order regarding the restriction of workers at continu- ing-care sites to employment at a single site," says Susan Slade, vice- president of AUPE. The complaint alleges that CBI Home Health in Edmonton refused to follow the Ministerial Order relating to single-site em- ployment for workers in continu- ing care, says the union. CBI has refused to give leaves of absence to workers who have been forced to temporarily give up their jobs in CBI home care or CBI lodges because they are required to work at only one site. It has also refused to guarantee they can return to their jobs after the pandemic with their original status intact, says AUPE. "This situation is just one symptom of what is wrong with Alberta's continuing-care sys- tem. The patchwork of private, mostly for-profit, operators each have their own rules and agendas and puts their interests above the interests of patients," says Slade. "Another example is that it's tak- ing up to two months for employ- ers to pay workers the $2-per- hour pandemic pay boost that was promised, even though the employers have already received the money." Expand B.C.'s pandemic pay program: BCGEU BURNABY, B.C. — After the B.C. government released de- tails of a federal-provincial cost- shared pandemic pay program to temporarily top up the wages of some essential workers on May 19, the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BC- GEU) is calling on the province to expand the program to cover more essential frontline workers. "The BCGEU pushed hard for this program to cover the broadest possible range of es- sential works and, as a result, B.C.'s program is significantly more inclusive than those in other provinces," says Stephanie Smith, president of the BCGEU. "But the bottom line for us is that all frontline essential workers are shouldering an incredible burden in terms of increased cost, stress and inconvenience as well as in- creased risks to their emotional and physical health." Under the program, which was first announced by the fed- eral government in mid-April, thousands of BCGEU members will be eligible for a lump-sum payment calculated at $4 per straight-time hour retroactive to March 15, says the union. BCGEU members covered by the program include corrections officers, social workers, employ- ment assistance workers, and those who work in health care and social services. However, thousands more have been left out of the program including those in public liquor and can- nabis stores and warehouses, maintaining supply chains for the restaurant industry as well as a critical revenue stream for the government during the pandem- ic, says BCGEU. Residence Inn workers sign agreement MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) Canada, Local 1006A members working at the Residence Inn by Marriott Mis- sissauga-Airport hotel in Mis- sissauga, Ont. signed a new deal on May 25 that provides better wages, and increased sick days. Highlights of the new collective agreement include an increase in the number of sick days, sched- uling by seniority, five weeks of vacation after 15 years of service, substantial wage increases and better union visitation rights. "The union fought hard and won improvements for these hospitality members despite very challenging circumstances in the industry," says Wayne Hanley, UFCW 1006A president. Employees at the Residence Inn by Marriott Mississauga- Airport work in a variety of positions, including house- keeping and laundry and as shuttle drivers. GET LISTED IN THE HR VENDORS GUIDE Visit hrreporter.com/hr-vendors-guide HR Professional Development Description: Faccaerio. 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