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	Local 042, which represents mental health employees across the province, held its Annual General Meeting at headquarters in Edmonton on June 26. Click here for more photos from the meeting
	Local 118, Chapter 009, which represents employees of Strathcona County, signed a collective agreement with the county on June 16. Back row, from left: Peter Sikora, Human Resources Coordinator; Allan McCalder, Manager - Human Resources; Wade Dyrland, Vice-Chair; and Vern Barron, Chief Steward. Front Row, from left: Vern Hartwell, Mayor of Strathcona County; Dan MacLennan, AUPE President; Brad Strachan, Chair; Maria Marrazzo, Union Representative; and Bert Sample, Treasurer.
	AUPE members from the Michener Fire Services crew and municipal firefighters who fought the blaze at the historic Michener Centre Administration Building in Red Deer, which was severely damaged by fire June 19 after it was struck by lightning. Two AUPE members escaped the fire without injury. Click here for more photos
	Local 052, which represents support staff at the University of Calgary, set up a booth at the U of C's Campus Fair on June 21, 2003. From left, Shirley Maki, Linda Harsh, Patricia Johnson, and Debbie Dean.
	Members and guests at another successful barbecue June 20 at the Northeast Community Health Centre in Edmonton. AUPE has served nearly 10,000 people at barbecues throughout Alberta. Click here for more information and photos from all Alberta barbecues
	Members and guests at another successful barbecue June 10 at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary. AUPE has served nearly 10,000 people at barbecues throughout Alberta. Click here for more information and photos from all Alberta barbecues
	Members and guests at another successful barbecue June 10 at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie. AUPE has served nearly 10,000 people at barbecues throughout Alberta. Click here for more information and photos from all Alberta barbecues
	Members and guests at another successful barbecue June 16 at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. AUPE has served nearly 10,000 people at barbecues throughout Alberta. Click here for more information and photos from all Alberta barbecues
	The General Service Bargaining Committee met at union headquarters in Edmonton June 6 to begin hammering out an appropriate bargaining position in the upcoming wage-reopener negotiations with the Alberta provincial government. Back row, from left: Brian Galley (Local 004), Mike Rennich (Local 003), Doug Knight (Local 012), AUPE President Dan MacLennan, Doug Gamble (Local 005), Andrea Waywanko (Local 002), and Marge Christie (Local 006). Front row, from left: Audrey Randall (Local 001), Union Representative Jim Petrie, Brenda Stewart (Local 009), and Jeri Lupul (Local 010).
	As part of the AUPE Young Activist Committee's outreach mandate, AUPE generously donated juice boxes to the 14th Annual Dream Big Dreams Senior High Student Leadership Conference held in Sherwood Park & Fort Saskatchewan from May 25 to May 27, 2003. Sandra Dodd, Membership Services Officer and Staff Advisor to the Committee, is seen here at one of the nutrition tables for the conference. The Alberta Association of Students' Councils & Advisors conference was designed to motivate, energize and unite student leaders and advisors from across Alberta.
	Local 058 held its Annual General Meeting May 30 at union headquarters in Edmonton. The local's executive this year, from left: Marilyn Dahlgren, Chair and Provincial Executive Representative; Eloise Crooks, Secretary; Donna Van Bruggen, Treasurer; and Nancy Rakowski, Vice-Chair.
	Two members of Local 058, which represents community health workers province-wide, take part in the local's annual general meeting May 30 at union headquarters in Edmonton.
	The Occupational Health and Safety Committee met at headquarters on May 29. From left to right: Cheryl Metzger, Billy Gibbons, Rose Reeder, Penny Bates, Trudy Rausch, Sharon Emslie, and (partially hidden) OHS Chair Earl Thompson.
	Local 045 Chapter 006 held an 'Appreciation Day' for its members at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary on May 30.
	AUPE Union Representative Brian Randall instructs a Basic Union Stewards Course in Peace River on May 30. Click here for more photos
	Union Representatives Mac McNaughton (Red Deer), left, and Brian Randall (Peace River) at the Duty-To-Accommodate staff training session May 28. DTA legislation requires employers to accommodate the needs of employees with disabilities.
	AUPE staff members attended a Duty-To-Accommodate training session May 28. DTA legislation requires employers to accommodate the needs of employees with disabilities.
	Local 003 members re-elected their executive at their Annual General Meeting on May 27. From left: Linda Laminman, Secretary; Mike Rennich, Chair; Tammi Cazal, Treasurer; Cec Cardinal, Provincial Executive Representative; and Dianne Beaton, Vice-Chair. All are incumbents from the previous year.
	Local 003 held its Annual General Meeting on May 27. Local 003 represents workers in Corrections, Security Operations, Probation and Motor Transport.
	AUPE Special Operations Manager Ron Hodgins spoke to members at a meeting in Calgary late last month. The meeting was called to discuss the province's health care restructuring plans.
	AUPE Billboards, like this one in Peace River, are springing up all over Alberta as part of our union’s awareness campaign. "This will enhance our union’s image for all of our 53,000 members in all of our sectors in Alberta," says President Dan MacLennan.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan, left, and Local 069 Chair Jerry Nolan were in Athabasca May 20 for the local's annual general meeting. Local 069 represents non-academic employees of Athabasca University. Click here for more photos
	Human Resoures and Employment Minister Clint Dunford answers questions from members of the Labour Coalition on Workers' Compensation. The Labour Coalition, which includes AUPE representatives, held its Annual General Meeting at the Canadian Auto Workers Edmonton office on May 21.
	Members of the Committee on Political Action met at AUPE headquarters on May 15. Back row, from left: David Climenhaga, Helana O'Neil, and Don Westman. Front row, from left: Darcy Karbashewski, Julie Cromarty, Peggy Stewart, and Irene Gaudet.
	Members of AUPE Local 056, General Support services employees at 17 hospitals, voted overwhelmingly on May 15 to ratify a new collective agreement. Their employers also ratified the agreement. AUPE President Dan MacLennan was in Grande Prairie for the balloting. From left to right, Local 056 members Blaine Wrzosek and Judy Vincent, who manned the ballot box at the QE II Hospital all day, and MacLennan. Click here for more photos Click here to read AUPE’s news release on the vote
	Members of Local 056 held their Annual General Meeting at AUPE headquarters on May 16 .
	Approximately 80 AUPE members met at the Radisson Hotel in Calgary for the Regional Organizing Seminar on April 30.
	CBC Radio One broadcaster Don Hill, host of Wild Rose Forum, listens as Erika Shaker of the left-of-centre Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shakes her head in wonderment at an argument made by Fred McMahon of the right-wing Fraser Institute during AUPE’s Education Sector Conference May 9 in Canmore. Click here for more photos
	As the Alberta government continues to introduce the Point Rating Evaluation Program (PREP) to its departments, AUPE continues to provide help to members affected by the policy. Members of AUPE’s PREP team, from left to right, Union Representative Mike Boyle, Local 006 member Ione Iverson-Boyd and Local 002 member Mark Seville.
	Local 043 elected a new executive May 6 at union headquarters in Edmonton. Front row, from left: Terry Orcheski, Vice-Chair; Allan Jack, Chair; and Wendy Gummesen, Treasurer. Back row, from left: Val Whelen, Secretary; Krista Koroluk, Provincial Executive Representative; and Terry Glenn, Alternate Provincial Executive Representative.
	Local 043 members take part in their Annual General Meeting in Edmonton on May 6.
	Members meet at the Grande Prairie Inn on May 1 to discuss the province's health care restructuring plans.
	AUPE Local 005, representing government employees employed in natural resources and conservation services, elected its new executive at a meeting May 2 at union Headquarters in Edmonton. From left to right: Michelle Shesterniak, Grovedale, Alternate Provincial Executive Representative; Richard Stewart, Rocky Mountain House, Secretary; Kimpton Bradford, High level, Vice-Chair; Mike Dempsey, Lac La Biche, Chair; Doug Gamble, Camrose, PE Rep; Gerry Matthews, Manning, Treasurer.
	AUPE members meet in Calgary on April 30 to discuss the province’s health care restructuring plans.
	AUPE Senior Manager Pam Kirkwood speaks to members at an April 30 meeting at AUPE headquarters. The meeting was called to discuss the province’s health care restructuring plans. Click here for more photos
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan speaks to members at an April 29 meeting at Edmonton’s Mayfield Inn hotel. The meeting was called to discuss the province’s health care restructuring plans. Click here for more photos
	Members of Local 042 proof their new Collective Agreement at Edmonton Headquarters on Monday April 28, 2003.
	Members of Local 001 attend a PREP Meeting at AUPE headquarters on Apr. 25.
	Local 006 executives, from left, Mark Hawryluk, Garnett Robinson, Maureen Braun, and Terri Davies, meet to discuss their upcoming AGM on May 10.
	AUPE members take part in a joint Annual General Meeting in High Level on April 16. Click here for more photos of this event.
	A new executive for Local 012 Chapter 003 was elected at the chapter’s annual general meeting in Calgary on April 16. From left to right, Chair Bob Neale, Vice-Chair Juko Boersma and Secretary-Treasurer Gene Wickens.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan attended a Local 054 tea at the University of Alberta Hospital April 16. In this photo, he sits with local members Tonya Malo and Pat Bohnet.
	Local 054 members at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton attend a tea organized by the local on April 16. AUPE President Dan MacLennan spoke to members at the event. More than 600 members attended the tea.
	AUPE members take part in a joint Annual General Meeting in Slave Lake on April 7.
	The AUPE Local 060 Bargaining Committee, representing employees of the Alberta Research Council in Calgary, Devon, Vegreville and Edmonton, was in negotiations with the employer at union Headquarters on April 14. From left to right: Jim Wilson, Devon; AUPE Union representative Malcolm McNaughton; Irene Gaudet, Vegreville; Rosemary Harris, Vegreville.
	AUPE members take part in a joint Annual General Meeting in Peace River on April 9.
	UPE President Dan MacLennan speaks with members during an April 11 meeting of health care local executives called to discuss the effects of Bill 27. Click here for more photos
	Members of the AUPE Local 118/109 Bargaining Committee were at union Headquarters in Edmonton April 10 for negotiations. Ken Taylor, Dave Scharf, Kevin Christiansen and AUPE Staff Negotiator Malcolm McNaughton represent employees of Alberta Terminals, a subsidiary of multinational Cargill Ltd. and AUPE’s only private-sector employer.
	AUPE members from Fort McMurray are shown taking part in an information picket in early March at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in the northern Alberta city. AUPE President Dan MacLennan, who took part in the protest, called for the restoration of the northern allowance for health workers in the high-priced community.
	AUPE Local 002 Chapter 001, representing administrative and program services employees of the government of Alberta in the Calgary area, held their annual general meeting in Calgary April 2. From left to right, Local Council member Ian Sutherland, Council member Brian Fegan and Council member and Chapter Chair Len Pederson.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan speaks to some of approximately 400 AUPE members from throughout Central Alberta gathered in Red Deer on the evening of April 2 for a joint annual meeting of 12 locals representing nearly 4,000 union members. For more photos and details, click here.
	AUPE’s Anti-Privatization Committee met at union headquarters in Edmonton on Saturday, March 29. From left to right: Robby Dodgson, Local 058, Athabasca; Patricia Kay, Local 001, Edmonton; Kimpton Bradford, Local 005, High Level; Carol Sekiya, Local 006, Lethbridge; Committee Chair and Vice-President Peggy Stewart, Local 071/001, Lethbridge; Susan Moore, Local 055, Calgary.
	Members of AUPE Local 002 Chapter 002, representing administrative and program services employees of the Alberta government in the Edmonton area, were hard at work bright and early on the morning of Saturday, March 29, with their annual general meeting at union Headquarters in Edmonton.
	Members of AUPE Local 045 Chapter 002, representing front-line nursing employees at the Rockyview Hospital in Calgary, met in their Annual General Meeting at AUPE’s Calgary Regional Office on March 27.
	Members of AUPE’s CCEBA Table Bargaining Team met at union Headquarters in Edmonton to discuss the current impasse in negotiations with the continuing care employers’ bargaining group. Click here for related story.
	Local 003 members Jolene Rioux, employed at the Calgary Remand Centre, and Bill Brown, from the Peace River Correctional Centre, examine their course materials during AUPE’s Labour Education School in Jasper on March 18.
	AUPE members take part in the 2003 Labour School at the Jasper Park Lodge. For more pics click here.
	AUPE members who attended the weeklong 2003 Labour School gather together for a group photo in front of the Jasper Park Lodge
	AUPE members take part in the 2003 Labour School at the Jasper Park Lodge.
	AUPE members take part in the 2003 Labour School at the Jasper Park Lodge.
	Instructors in the Union Leadership course at AUPE’s annual Labour Education School, which gets underway in Jasper on March 16, met at union headquarters March 14 to make final preparations. From left to right, AUPE Headquarters Union Representatives Steve Nimchuk, Val Luvaha and Lynn Gough; Carla Bryden, President of Local 2107 of the Canadian Auto Workers union in Antigonish, N.S.; and Union Rep Brian Stevens from AUPE’s Calgary Regional Office.
	Members of AUPE’s Education Sector co-ordinating Committee met at the Legislature in Edmonton Mar. 10 with Alberta Learning Minister Lyle Oberg. From left to right Jerry Nolan, Local 069, Athabasca University; Nancy Ritchie, Local 052, University of Calgary; Lisa Daniels, Local 071/008, Portage College; Steve Nimchuk, AUPE Union Rep; Ron Whan, Local 071/001, Lethbridge Community College; Oberg; Dan Tilleman, Local 052, U of C; Rod Feland, Local 038, NAIT; Terry Luhoway, Local 038, NAIT; Bonnie Nahornick, Local 069, Athabasca U; Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE.
	Members of the AUPE Women’s Committee and the union’s Executive Committee gathered on Saturday, March 8 – International Women’s Day – to honour union member Mary Sillito, holding flowers, with the second annual DOVE Award. Click here to read about Sillito’s award. Click here for a photo of Sillito with members of the Executive Committee.
	President Dan MacLennan took part in an AUPE information picket March 6 at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray. AUPE members called for the restoration of the northern allowance for health workers in the high-priced northern community. Photo taken by Carl Patzel, Ft. McMurray Today.
	Members of AUPE Local 042 took part in an information picket at the Alberta Hospital Ponoka Feb. 28. Their aim was to draw media attention to their concerns about progress in bargaining for a new collective agreement and the province’s plans to transfer the operations of the Alberta Mental Health Board to health regions on April 1. Click here for more photos.
	AUPE Union Representative Mike Boyle speaks to members of the Local 001 Council at union Headquarters in Edmonton Feb. 28 about AUPE’s response to the province’s PREP (Point Rating Evaluation Program) classification system. Click here for information on PREP.
	AUPE members from the union’s Northwest Region took part in a contract interpretation course instructed by Membership Services Officer Gil Laflamme Feb. 27 in Grande Prairie.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan speaks Feb. 26 to members of the Local 042 Council. The Council of AUPE Local 042, which represents employees of the Alberta Mental Health Board, met at union Headquarters in Edmonton Feb. 26 to discuss the state of bargaining for a new collective agreement as well as the transfer of the AMHB’s services to regional health authorities on April 1, 2003. Click here for more photos
	Members of the AUPE local 047/003 Bargaining Team, which represents employees of Central Park Lodges’ Jasper Place and South Terrace facilities in Edmonton, exchanged bargaining proposals with their employer at AUPE Headquarters Feb. 25. Front row, left to right: Bernice Klein Wachter, AUPE Staff negotiator Val Luvaha, Kathy Bujold. Back row: Sarah Ammanethu and Debbie Arcand.
	Gloria Labbie, Ali Dubray and Jason Heistad of AUPE Local 071/002, which represents support employees at Olds College in south central Alberta, pose with non-perishable items donated to the Olds Food Bank on Feb. 20. Local members donated $50 cash and approximately $100 worth of food items to the food bank.
	Members of the Local 058 Bargaining Committee, representing community health workers from eight health regions, were at AUPE Headquarters in Edmonton Feb. 21 to count mail-in ballots from members. The Local’s members overwhelmingly ratified a mediator’s recommendations, which will now form the basis of a new collective agreement. Click here to read the story.
	Another edition of Direct Impact, AUPE’s quarterly newspaper for members, is in the mail. AUPE staff members were hard at work Feb. 19 and 20 mailing the 16-page tabloid publication to members from union Headquarters in Edmonton.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan and NorQuest College President Wayne Shillington signed a new collective agreement on Feb. 5. From left to right, back row: Bryan Shepherd (employer), Richard Parker (AUPE), Sandra Bourassa (AUPE), Kathy Mossman (AUPE), Debbie Smith (AUPE), Staff Negotiator Jim Petrie, and Karen Chaykowski (employer). From row: Vern Dery (employer), Shillington, MacLennan and Dawn Fraser (AUPE).
	More than 12,000 Edmontonians took part in a peaceful march against war in Iraq in the city’s downtown on Saturday, Feb. 15 – they were among more than six million people who participated in similar protests worldwide. Among them were many AUPE members, including Sandra Azocar, shown here with her son. Click here for more photos of the Edmonton protest.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan addresses members of Local 042, which represents employees of the Alberta Mental Health Board, at the Alberta Hospital Ponoka on Feb. 13, 2003. Negotiations between AUPE and the AMHB continue as the province’s transfer of most AMHB services to the regional health authorities on April 1 draws near.
	Bargaining Team members from AUPE Local 047, which represents employees of the Alberta Cancer Board, were at union Headquarters in Edmonton Feb. 13 for negotiations with their employer. From left to right, front row, Greg Gutsch, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton; Jean Russell, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary; Sharon Urbina, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton. Back row, AUPE Union Representatives Jaime Oyarzun and Mike Boyle.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan joined Local 118/001 members, employees of the City of Spruce Grove, at a rally at the community’s city hall on the evening of Feb. 10.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan, Executive Office secretary Cheryl Austin and Vice-President Earl Thompson take part in the meeting of the union’s Provincial Executive that took place in Leduc on Feb. 8. Click here for more pictures.
	Local 042 Chair Kathie MacDuff and Union Representatives Mike Boyle and Dennis Malayko met Feb. 7 to discuss bargaining with the Alberta Mental Health Board.
	Members of the Bargaining Committee of AUPE Local 054, which represents support employees at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, pore over a just-released mediator’s report at union headquarters Feb. 5. From left to right, Peter Teskey, Susan Wastle, AUPE Staff Negotiator Jim Petrie, Alecia Hinton and Bill Fleming.
	Members of the AUPE Education sector Co-ordinating Committee met at union headquarters in Edmonton Jan. 29, 30 and 31 to discuss AUPE’s upcoming education conference May 8, 9 and 10 in Canmore. From left to right, Terry Luhoway, Local 038, NAIT; Bonnie Nahornick, Local 069, Athabasca University; Jerry Nolan, Local 069, Athabasca University; Nancy Ritchie, Local 052, University of Calgary; Lisa Daniels, Local 071/008, Portage College; Dan Tilleman, Local 052, University of Calgary; Steve Nimchuk, AUPE Union Rep; Ron Whan, Local 071/001, Lethbridge Community College; and Rod Feland, Local 038, NAIT.
	Members of AUPE from throughout the Northwest Region gathered at the union’s Peace River office Jan. 24 to take part in a contract interpretation course taught by Peace River-based AUPE Union Representative Brian Randall.
	Members of the AUPE Local 118/109 Bargaining Committee were at union Headquarters in Edmonton on Jan. 22 and 23. From left to right: AUPE Union Representative Malcolm McNaughton; Ken Taylor of Calgary; Kevin Christiansen of Lethbridge; Dave Scharf of Edmonton; and AUPE Membership Services Officer Lynn Gough. Local 118/109 represents employees of Alberta Terminals, a division of the U.S.-based agri-food multinational Cargill Ltd. It is the only AUPE local than comes under federal labour law.
	Members of AUPE Local 054, representing support workers at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, took part in union stewards training at union Headquarters Jan. 21. Many of the courses were tailor-made to the needs of the local.
	Local 042 member Gerry Pinson smiles as maintenance service worker Gordon Ford places part of a display created by Pinson on the wall of the union’s reception area. Pinson, a psychiatric aide at Alberta Hospital Edmonton, created the wreath and artwork as a gesture of thanks to AUPE for its work on his behalf.
	Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas spirit was in plentiful supply in Lethbridge during the holiday season. More than 100 families – and Santa Claus himself! – attended the AUPE children’s Christmas party. Local 053 at the University of Lethbridge and corrections staff from Local 003 donated $100 each for door prizes. For more pictures click here.
	Representatives of AUPE nursing locals in the Multi-Facility Agreement held a joint executive meeting at union Headquarters in Edmonton on Jan. 14.
	AUPE President Dan MacLennan speaks with members of Local 055 employed at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary Jan. 14. MacLennan was in Calgary on session Jan. 13 and 14 for meetings with Local 055 members on the terms of settlement proposed for their local by a provincially appointed mediator. Click here for more photos.
	Members of AUPE Local 055 employed at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary listen as AUPE President Dan MacLennan speaks during an information session Jan. 13 on the terms of settlement proposed for their local by a provincially appointed mediator. Click here for more photos.
	Members of the Local 006 Council met at AUPE headquarters in Edmonton on Saturday, Jan. 11. AUPE Local 006 represents social services employees of the Alberta government.
	Edmonton Police Officer and Chaplain Jim Amsing, left, and Calgary Police Officer and Chaplain Kevin McInnes, right, address a joint meeting of the AUPE Local 003 Council, Occupational Health & Safety Committee and Committee on Political Action Jan. 10 at union headquarters in Edmonton. The two represent the Diakonos Peace Officer Retreat Society, a group that operates a house in Calgary for peace officers dealing with stress, marital problems and other issues. AUPE Local 003 represents Correctional Officers, Probation Officers, Transport Officers and other peace officers. More information on the society is available at www.diakonosretreat.com.
	Members of Local 012 were at AUPE Headquarters in Edmonton Jan. 9 for training on the Alberta government’s Point rating Evaluation program (PREP). From left to right, back row, Meredith Day, Edmonton; Wayne Lazaroff, Edmonton; AUPE Vice-President Lynne Gingras, who is instructing the course; and Allan Banack, Camrose. Foreground, Doug Knight, Peace River.
	Members of AUPE Local 020, representing employees of ATB Financial, were at union headquarters in Edmonton on Jan. 6 to begin preparations for bargaining a new collective agreement with the Alberta-based financial institution.
	AUPE members from throughout the Edmonton area were at union headquarters in Edmonton Jan. 6 to take part in a seminar on organizing techniques.