The EDLC is comprised of many Edmonton and area unions. Our members work in various levels of government federal, provincial and municipal, school boards, hospitals, nursing homes, offices hotel, retail stores and the steel, auto, chemical, energy, paper, communications, print, airline, postal, meatpacking, garment, food and other industries. Protect and strengthen our democratic institutions.
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada; a Canadian union whose commitment to organizing, fairness and equality and defense of their collective agreements made them an obvious choice . we will continue to experience and overcome these challenges.
Unions are made up of employees who have joined together to deal with employers as a group about issues like wages, benefits and conditions of work. When an effective bargaining relationship is established with an employer, both employees and employers benefit. Employees negotiate with the strength of numbers behind them. Employers gain the benefit of a stable labour relations environment.
AUPE members enjoy:
Job protection
More money with better extended health benefits
Generous vacation benefits
Access to more education courses, conferences and meetings, than non-union employees
When working people choose to join the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, they are joining the largest and most effective union in Alberta. AUPE has over 250 bargaining units negotiating collective agreements on behalf of its members. AUPE also ensures that fair and reasonable conditions won in past negotiations remain in force.