UNA Secretary-Treasurer Karen Craik presents a $10,000 donation to support striking Calgary carpenters.
Delegates at UNA's Annual General Meeting voted to donate $10,000 to support Calgary members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters who have been on strike against the scaffolding manufacturer for a first collective agreement since mid-summer.
Yard workers at Peri Formwork Systems in Calgary struck on July 4 after six months of difficult bargaining. They are seeking fair compensation and improved working conditions in their first collective agreement. The members of Carpenters Local 2010 members have not received a pay increase in three years.
"Our UNA members in Calgary brought this motion forward because they support these workers' right to a fair collective agreement under the law in the fact of this company's determination to keep the union out," said UNA Secretary-Treasurer Karen Craik.
UNA members have joined the Carpenters union members on their picket line at 29 Industry Way S.E. in Calgary, and are urged to do so again in the future if the strike continues, Craik said.
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