A CARE UNION FOR AGED CARE, HOME CARE AND SUPPORT WORKERS IN ALBERTA.
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Care workers carry the weight of Alberta’s seniors on their shoulders, often with low pay, unsafe workloads, heavy caseloads, and unpredictable schedules. Teamsters 987 is the union that protects aged care workers, home care workers, senior care workers, and support workers with stronger rights, better wages, and safer working conditions.
Whether you work in long-term care, assisted living, memory care, or home support, you deserve respect and a voice. Teamsters 987 is here to help you secure it.
Homecare Providers | Independent & Assisted Living Facilities | Long Term Care | Senior Care | Memory Care Facilities
How Starting a Care Workers Union Can Help
When you unionize, your work (and your life) gets better. Higher wages, safer workloads, stronger benefits, and predictable time off become rights you can count on, not privileges you hope for. Discover more about how Teamsters can help on our labour union benefits page.
Teamsters: A Proven Partner For Aged Care Providers
The Teamsters Union represents thousands of aged care workers across North America, including members represented by Local 987 in multiple facilities across Alberta. If you’re working as a care provider for seniors, whether it be in long term care, assisted living or home care, reach out to us and discover why Teamsters 987 is the best union for care workers.
A Unified Voice For Your Entire Home Care & Support Workers Team
The job of providing compassionate, comprehensive, quality care for Alberta’s seniors falls on many shoulders. Teamsters 987 is a union that represents all non-management care workers on your team, including full and part-time staff.
Starting a Care Workers Union is Easy
The biggest step when starting a union is realizing that you deserve to be treated with dignity, respect and fairness.Once you find a determined leader who is committed to the cause, the process is quite straightforward and Teamsters 987 is there to support you every step of the way. To discover the 8 Simple Steps Visit: How To Start A Union.
Be Discrete. Be Aware. Be Wise.
Efforts to start a union will be resisted by management. An employer may attempt to threaten you, but fortunately, you are legally protected against intimidation or dismissal. Your Teamsters 987 organizer can provide valuable advice to help you get the support of your coworkers while minimizing any risk.
I have been with my company for over 7 years. I go through an evaluation every year and we would usually get a modest raise depending on the evaluation outcome. For the past 3-4 years, I was told management was not authorized to give raises. After some initial delays, negotiations were finally agreed upon. Thanks to the hard work and effort of Teamsters 987 on our behalf, I wound up with a substantial raise due to hours worked. Based on my past union experiences, I was nervous but after experiencing what the Teamsters 987 labour union has done for me, I love them! I am very impressed!
KIM, AGED CARE WORKER UNION MEMBER
FAQs: Aged Care Union
No. In fact, unionized workplaces tend to deliver better care, because supported workers can focus on residents, not burnout.
Yes. Worker safety, including equipment and training, is a core bargaining issue.
Absolutely. A union provides formal processes, representation, and protection from retaliation.
A union contract can secure predictable scheduling and reduce burnout caused by unfair rotations.
Yes. Unions advocate for structured care-time expectations so you can work safely and effectively.
Yes. Ensuring manageable workloads is a core union priority.
Yes. Your union can represent non-management workers in all roles. For example, Licensed Practical Nurses, health care aids, culinary/food service staff, housekeeping, maintenance staff, laundry workers and more. Teamsters 987 is here to help everyone.
A union will protect you by standing up for your rights and protections granted under the law. Unionizing gives workers a stronger voice and greater leverage in ensuring a fairer, safer, more equitable work environment. Ultimately, a union can lead to better working conditions and increased job satisfaction. As your union, Teamsters 987 can work to address concerns at your workplace – ranging from wages and benefits to scheduling to safer workplaces.
Yes. Alberta has a wide range of independently owned and corporate-run care facilities and homecare providers. Some are licensed, while others are not. Because wages, benefits and working conditions can vary from one organization to the next, unions can help level the playing field. In addition, unions can help protect workers who feel unsafe, overscheduled and under-resourced. The number of unionized facilities continues to grow throughout our province and across the country.
Once you have a collective agreement that you and your coworkers have voted to accept you will be required to pay dues which all members pay To calculate this, multiply your hourly wage rate by 2.5 and add $2 to that sum.
Eg. if your hourly rate of pay is $20/hour, your dues would be: $20×2.5=$50 $50+$2=$52/month for Union dues.
Remember: YOU DON’T PAY DUES UNTIL YOU AND YOUR COWORKERS VOTE TO ACCEPT A CONTRACT! There is no cost to you throughout the process of us negotiating your first collective agreement.
No. Your employer cannot find out who did or did not sign a petition. When an application for certification is submitted, the Alberta Labour Relations Board Officer requests a list of all employees from your employer. This way, the Board, not your employer, can confirm if you have enough votes to support the application to start a union. Whether the petition passes or fails, your employer will not be able to access the results.
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