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1961
Three Year Wage Freeze
The Social Credit government announced a three year plan to freeze hospital costs at 3% over the past year’s costs. This lead to a three year agreement between the AHA and the AARN on salaries, and over the next three years, Alberta nurses’ salaries fell below those in B.C. and Saskatchewan. The base rate for a beginning nurse in 1962 was $290 a month, rising to $300 a month in 1964. The only reason the AARN had agreed to these salaries was in return for the government promise to introduce a pension plan.
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