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Bargaining Updates
Bargaining Update: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004
Regional GSS bargaining encounters
serious hurdle
EDMONTON — In bargaining that took place Dec 13-15, negotiators
for the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and the Aspen, East Central,
David Thompson, and Peace Country Health Regions were unable to reach
an agreement on major issues of importance to GSS employees of these
regions.
AUPE and the regions are negotiating a new region-wide collective agreement
as required under Bill 27 for all of the approximately 5,000 GSS employees
who work for the four health regions.
The new region-wide collective agreement will replace 13 agreements
currently in force.
Unfortunately, the employer tabled proposals on Dec 14 that, if accepted,
would result in benefit or entitlement losses for all 5,000 members.
The following agreement articles, with the affected current contract
in parenthesis would be impacted by employer proposals to reduce employee
benefits and entitlements:
Article 14 — Hours of Work ( all collective agreements)
Article 15 — Overtime (all collective agreements)
Article 16 — Salaries (all collective agreements)
Article 19 — Shift Differential (all collective agreements)
Article 20 — Weekend Differential (all collective agreements)
Article 22 — On Call Duty (Mental Health)
Article 25 — Named Holidays (Community)
Article 26 — Vacation (Community)
Article 29 — Employee Benefit Plans (Mental Health)
Article 30 — Leaves of Absence (Community)
Article 39 — Uniforms (Mental Health, Community)
Since the last bargaining dates in September, the Regional GSS Bargaining
team has met with the employer representatives for nine days of bargaining,
Oct. 19-21,
Nov. 3-5 and Dec. 13-15.
Future negotiating dates have been set for Jan. 11-13, 2005, and Feb. 23-25,
2005.
Regional GSS
Multi-Employer Bargaining Committee:
Jim Smith
AMHB - Ponoka
Lawrence Hagen
Grande Prairie - Q.E.II
Jules Noel
Lacombe Hospital
Wendy Kicia
Red Deer Hospital - Clerical
Neal Jehn
Olds Hospital
Joe Eccleston
Drumheller H.C.
Dee Pidoborozny
Stettler H.C.
Heather Baron
Westlock - Community
Heather Stocking
Barrhead - Continuing Care
Michelle Ouellette
St. Paul - St. Theresa H.C.
Bev Hargrove
Cold Lake H.C.
Darrell Walmsley
Fairview H.C.
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