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GSS television commercial shoot
AUPE started production of television ads for its GSS bargaining unit Monday.
Local 047 meets
AUPE members from Local 047, health care employees in both the public and private sector, met at union headquarters Feb. 2, in Edmonton. The large group met with Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason in the morning for a presentation and a question and answer session.
AHS ANC negotiations survey now online
AUPE’s Auxiliary Nursing Care negotiations survey is now available online for ANC members to fill out.
The survey will help the ANC bargaining committee gain knowledge of the group’s concerns going in to bargaining with Alberta Health Services for their first post-transition collective agreement.
The contract between Locals 041, 043, 044, 045, and 046 and Alberta Health Services expires at the end of March.
GSS radio ads take on Alberta Health Services
EDMONTON – Radio advertisements in support of AUPE’s 22,000 General Support Services members in negotiations with Alberta Health Services are now on the air across the province.
Rally at Waterford
AUPE members, supporters and other unions rally outside of Waterford of Summerlea in Edmonton to show support for a worker who AUPE believes was unjustly fired for her role in organizing the worksite. The staff at Waterford, a seniors continuing care facility, recently voted to join AUPE and have served notice to the employer to begin bargaining their first collective agreement.