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Ned Yeung

A reminder that it was only 3 days before 4,000 education workers in Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public, and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts reached a tentative agreement "higher than the original wage mandates imposed by the Alberta government", that Medicine Hat workers rejected a deal for a measly 3% annual wage increase which doesn't keep up with inflation, which their employer called a "final offer" (which is a bullshit line unless you intend on violating legislated labour laws).

Now 3 days later, their bargaining position has completely changed. There is no way that the Medicine Hat school district can continue to hold out when 4,000 fellow Alberta education workers have won a fair contract and in the words of Alberta CUPE president Rory Gil, "finally won the respect they deserve".

This is such an important lesson in solidarity and the power of collective action. This win will snowball and start a domino effect, ending strikes across Alberta with fair contracts for workers. We only have power when we stay strong and stand together.

Understand that those 5 months (Fort Mac) and 2 months (Edmonton) that 4,000 education workers spent in abysmal deep freeze temperatures were a fight for all of our rights as workers to fair pay and respect, as the valuable force which keeps our society running. This was not just a win for those 4,000 deserving workers. It was a win for all of us.

This is how all the labour laws and legislation which makes our working lives bearable have been earned. Health benefits, weekends, maternity leave, wage increases, reasonable working hours, overtime pay, paid holidays, vacation time, workplace standards, the right to refuse unsafe work, protection against discrimination. We owe it all to our steadfast union workers.

Thank a union worker today. In Solidarity.

alberta.cupe.ca/2025/03/12/med

CUPE Alberta · Medicine Hat school support workers reject government offer - CUPE AlbertaMEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA – Members of CUPE 829 at the Medicine Hat Public Schools have rejected a so called “final offer” from their employer. The vote, conducted by the Alberta Labour Relations Board at the request of the School District, was completed over the last two days. Results (unofficial): Yes: 20.9% No: 79.1% Total votes: ... Read more...
#solidarity#unionstrong#union
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Ned Yeung

Absolutely amazing news! After Friday's bargaining was held over into Saturday, a settlement was reached for about 4,000 Education Workers in Edmonton and Fort McMurray! About 1,000 workers in Fort McMurray have been on strike for 5 months, and about 3,000 workers in Edmonton for over 2 months, holding the line in the worst freezing cold Alberta can offer.

CUPE president Rory Gil reflects my feelings for our education workers the best:

“I’m in awe of the workers in Edmonton and Fort McMurray who stood their ground, in weather as cold as minus 51 degrees, to win a fair contract,” said Gill. “Their fortitude, their determination, and their solidarity won the day.”

“Education support workers are critical to our school system, and today they finally won the respect they deserve,” said Gill.

Education workers in Edmonton are expected to return to work on Wednesday or Thursday, after the settlement is ratified by CUPE members on Monday or Tuesday. No details will be shared until the members have had a chance to see them, but I'm sure if the bargaining team is satiated then the members will be too!

This fight should never have been needed, as having enough respect for our most important educational workers, who support all of our children, to give them a living wage should never be in question.

Yet here we are, in a fight against Capitalist interests who see human beings as a worthless commodity, and the government who seeks to cut and slash public services to defund and privatize them, handing them over to these same profiteering interests.

These job actions have not ended. About 2,000 Education workers in Calgary and Parkland county have more recently joined the strike lines and have not yet reached a settlement. Strikes and labour actions are striking up all across the country, as we have reached the point of end-stage capitalism and they have taken far too much from us for far too long. This profiteering and hoarding of wealth by the few is not sustainable for the many who are struggling and unable to live. This exploitation must come to an end, and it will not end without COLLECTIVE ACTION!

Pubic sector workers across Canada have been organizing, from postal workers to education workers to health workers. Private sector union workers in the United States, home to the world's most powerful monopolies, have been organizing and striking back! If your workplace is not organized, it's time to start. A non-unionized job is an UNSUSTAINABLE job. No matter how much you love your job, it will not love you back. Protect your future.

In solidarity.

alberta.cupe.ca/2025/03/15/dea

CUPE Alberta · Deals reached in three education strikes - CUPE AlbertaEDMONTON, ALBERTA – Deals that could lead to the end of a province wide strike by education workers were reached today between CUPE locals and the Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts. The settlements, which must still be ratified by CUPE members, would end the strikes at three school districts. ... Read more...
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JdeB

#USpolitics #Bernie #RedTownHall #Oligarchy [2]

"Bernie LEADS THE CHARGE In PACKED Rallies"
by Tennessee Brando
The complete version of Bernie's speech by Meidas Touch:
-> Bernie Leads POWERFUL RALLY in GOP TERRITORY <-
-> youtube.com/watch?v=2StnaGCQPCI <-

youtube.com/watch?v=UTMLejsq4r

Quote by TB:
"Mar 11, 2025
Bernie Sanders is on his "Fighting The Oligarchy" tour and still going at 83."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

YouTubeBernie LEADS THE CHARGE In PACKED RalliesBy Tennessee Brando
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JdeB

#USpolitics#TrumpProtest #Bernie in #MAGAcounty

"Bernie Sanders Goes To MAGA COUNTY and CHANGES EVERYTHING" [8:06 min]
by Keith Edwards [Mar 9, 2025]

youtube.com/watch?v=AIcG6SbHvp

"There will be veterans marches Fri Mar 14, 2025 in every state capital. Let's stand with veterans !."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#CapitalismIsFailingYou
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong
#AbusiveHealthcare

YouTubeBernie Sanders Goes To MAGA COUNTY and CHANGES EVERYTHINGBy Keith Edwards
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JdeB

#USpolitics #Veterans

"DOGE Fired 6,000 Veterans in Six Weeks. We Talked to One."
by moreperfectunion

youtube.com/shorts/u_NWr3xCKDw

Quote by mpu:
"Mar 5, 2025
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and DOGE have fired more veterans than any administration in history — in just six weeks.
The VA has been hit especially hard with indiscriminate firings.
Now centers for veteran care are understaffed, struggling, and ill equipped to provide help."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

YouTubeA Fired Veteran’s Stark Warning for Trump and ElonBy More Perfect Union
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Ned Yeung

'The Alberta government has learned nothing from last year’s devastating wildfire season and is again failing to recruit and retain wildland firefighters, says the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).

“It seems that Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen is satisfied that we won’t be fully crewed and trained until mid-May, well into peak fire season,” says James Gault, vice-president of AUPE.

“We heard the same reassurances in 2024, but we later learned that crews weren’t ready when we needed them. That’s the same story we heard today,” says Gault.

Alberta continues to lose experienced firefighters to other jurisdictions that offer better pay, longer contracts and better protection from cancer, which is a real threat to firefighter health.

“Ontario offered a $10,000 signing bonus because it recognizes the need to be ready for increasingly frequent and intense fires caused by global warming,” says Gault.

“Minister Loewen is focused on hiring a majority of students for one or two years and letting them move on to other jurisdictions. He sees no need to do anything to keep experienced firefighters, despite the devastation we have seen to our communities, including Jasper and Fort McMurray.”

Alberta needs more boots on the ground to fight fires, but spending allocated in the budget is focused on equipment, not crews.

“We need to be ready, but we see no plan to improve our ability to recruit and retain firefighters in the numbers we need and with the experience that we need. Alberta will continue to do what it has always done – and will continue to lose out to other jurisdictions,” says Gault.

“Alberta is gambling on a quiet fire season. If the government is wrong, Albertans will pay the price.”'

AUPE Media Release: Alberta’s wildland firefighters will not be ready for months Government again failing to recruit and retain experienced crews
#abpoli#union#unionstrong
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