LETHBRIDGE – Negotiators for members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees employed at the Edith Cavell Care Centre have reached a tentative agreement with the nursing home’s operator.

"This deal has been two years in the making, and at times bargaining has been an extremely frustrating process," AUPE President Dan MacLennan said today. "However, I’m confident that the members will be happy with the deal their bargaining team has brought them."

"These workers really deserve our congratulations for their courage and determination in bringing these negotiations to a successful close," said Dale Perry, AUPE Membership Services Officer in Lethbridge.

Details of the agreement reached Wednesday afternoon will not be made public until the approximately 100 workers at the facility, which is operated by British Columbia-based Chantelle Management Ltd., have had the opportunity to examine and vote on the deal.
A ratification vote is scheduled for Feb. 12, 2002.

The members of AUPE Local 058/027 held an information picket at the Lethbridge nursing home just last week to draw attention to the drawn-out nature of the negotiations for a first collective agreement.

For more information, contact:
Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-3301 or 780-910-8392 (cellular phone)
Dale Perry, Membership Services Officer, 403-329-1210 or 403-308-4549 (cellular phone)
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943 (cellular phone)

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