Angèle Poirier

Angèle Poirier is a PhD student in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. She is studying food system governance and hopes that her work will help make the food systems in Saskatchewan and Canada more resilient. With a bachelor’s and master’s in economics, she loves economic analysis and data visualization. Having grown up in a Francophone household, Angèle is fluent in French and English and is passionate about knowledge mobilization in both languages.

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Alberta’s Union Advantage: Wages, Equity, and the Power of Collective Bargaining

research | Dec 11, 2025

Despite years of conservative governments undermining labour rights and restricting collective bargaining, the union wage advantage — the gap between average earnings of unionized and non-unionized workers — remains strong in Alberta. This report draws on new data to show how unionization strengthens wages and benefits while promoting fairness for women, immigrants, and precarious workers across the province.