Overview
- The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said members at Alberta Health Services and Lamont Health Care Centre approved a contract covering more than 27,000 hospital support workers.
- Compensation terms include a 12% wage increase retroactive to April 1, 2024, plus a 2% long‑service boost for employees with over 20 years of service.
- The agreement commits employers to pay at least a living wage of $22.65 by April 1, 2027.
- AUPE reported that 79.2% of voting AHS support staff backed the deal on a 61.5% turnout, while 94.4% of voting Lamont workers approved it on a 54.5% turnout.
- Finance Minister Nate Horner called the pact in line with other public‑sector settlements and said its ratification concludes major health‑sector bargaining for this round, as the union credited member solidarity for the outcome.