AUPE members at Labour School urged to participate in history project
KANANASKIS COUNTRY – The stories of AUPE and its members must be told, Athabasca University Labour Studies Professor Winston Gereluk told more than 200 participants in the union’s fifth annual Labour Education School last night.
Executive approves chapter restructuring in three ANC locals
EDMONTON – The Executive Committee of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees has approved a restructuring of chapters in three important health care locals.
AUPE members at SAIT wear ribbons to support co-workers in food services
CALGARY – Unionized employees of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology are wearing burgundy ribbons this week in support of their co-workers in the post-secondary institution’s food service’s department who face the threat of having their jobs contracted out.
AUPE President Dan MacLennan opens Kananaskis Labour School
KANANASKIS COUNTRY – AUPE President Dan MacLennan formally opened the union’s fifth annual Labour Education School in Kananaskis last night, praising labour school participants for their commitment and reminding them of the importance of the union’s extensive education programs.
Tentative agreement details to be released to Local 052 members today, Feb. 27, during two meetings
CALGARY – Details of a tentative agreement reached with the University of Calgary will be presented to members of Local 052 today, during two on-campus meetings.
AUPE members to hold information pickets at Alberta Cancer Board facilities in Calgary, March 2, and Edmonton, March 3
EDMONTON – Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees who work for the Alberta Cancer Board will hold information pickets in Calgary and Edmonton later this week to express their dissatisfaction with the current state of negotiations.
AUPE President to open Kananaskis Labour School tomorrow
KANANASKIS COUNTRY – Alberta Union of Provincial Employees President Dan MacLennan will formally open the union’s fifth annual Labour Education School in Kananaskis tomorrow evening.
The important annual event, attended by more than 200 AUPE activists, stewards and staff members from every corner of Alberta, gets under way at the Delta Lodge at Kananaskis at 6 p.m. with opening remarks by MacLennan.
An orientation session follows dinner, and regular classes begin first thing Monday morning. Intensive advanced training runs until noon on Thursday, March 2. Media representatives are welcome to attend and cover any Labour Education School event.
9,000 AUPE auxiliary nursing care members ratify agreement with eight health regions
EDMONTON – Auxiliary nursing care employees of eight Alberta health regions represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have voted to accept a new four-year collective agreement recommended last month by a provincially appointed mediator.
Meetings scheduled for Feb. 27 to update Local 052 members on tentative agreement reached with U of C
CALGARY – Details of a tentative agreement reached with the University of Calgary will be presented to members of Local 052, during two meetings scheduled for Monday, Feb. 27.
Employees at Red Deer’s Bethany CollegeSide facility vote to join AUPE
RED DEER – Auxiliary nursing care employees at the Bethany Care Society’s new CollegeSide long-term care facility have voted overwhelmingly to join the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees.