AUPE members back TWU on picket line Thursday night
EDMONTON – More than 500 Telecommunications Workers Union members and their supporters — including many AUPE members and staff — were on the picket line Thursday evening to show their support for the locked-out phone company employees.
Modest progress seen in mediation for Multi-Employer Auxiliary Nursing Care Agreement
EDMONTON – Negotiators for the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and eight Alberta health regions met for three full days with a provincially appointed mediator on July 20, 21 and 22 as they work to consolidate 17 agreements into a single Multi-Employer Auxiliary Nursing Care Agreement.
AUPE members join TWU picket line in GP
AUPE Membership Services Officer Don Brandford, at right, walks a Telecommunications Workers Picket line July 27 with TWU Strike Co-ordinator Don Cook at a Telus facility in Grande Prairie.
AUPE fires up the BBQ for TWU workers
AUPE members put on a picket-line barbecue July 28 for Telecommunications Workers Union members locked out by Telus in Peace River.
AUPE members urged to join locked-out Telus employees at 6 p.m. TWU rally tonight in Edmonton
EDMONTON – AUPE members in Edmonton are urged to come out and take part in a rally in support of members of the Telecommunications Workers Union who have been locked out of their jobs by Telus.
Olds College steps up for golf tourney
Jason Heistad (left) and Olds College President Tom Thompson display some of the donations Olds College will contribute to AUPE’s Aug. 27 golf tournament.
MacLennan attends premier’s breakfast
AUPE President Dan MacLennan and Alberta Premier Ralph Klein chat during the premier’s Klondike Day’s breakfast July 26 on the Legislature grounds in Edmonton. The annual event was attended by thousands of AUPE members.
AUPE’s Aug. 27 golf tournament sold out
EDMONTON – Registration for AUPE’s first charity golf tournament is now full.
A field of 156 participants will converge on Edmonton’s River Ridge Golf and Country Club on Aug. 27 for AUPE’s inaugural charity fund-raising golf tournament.
Surprise!
AUPE President Dan MacLennan celebrated his 46th birthday July 22 and enjoyed a piece of cake with staff at AUPE Headquarters in Edmonton.
AUPE members support Telus workers
AUPE President Dan MacLennan and fellow AUPE members demonstrated their support for Telecommunications Workers Union’ members picketing outside of Telus headquarters in Edmonton July 25. The TWU members were locked out last week.