Olds College members hold annual spring barbecue
Members of Local 071/002, which represents 160 Olds College support staff employees, held their annual spring barbecue at Olds College May 30. Local Executive members pose with donations raised for the local food bank.
Proposed ‘solutions’ to Alberta’s labour woes a worry for AUPE
EDMONTON – Well over half of Alberta’s employers are facing difficulties finding the employees they need, a Statistics Canada-sponsored conference in Edmonton was told this week.
Local 009 Council meets
Local 009 Council members gathered for a regularly scheduled meeting at AUPE Headquarters in Edmonton May 12.
AUPE creates new auxiliary nursing local for Southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees has created a new local to provide better service for health region employees in Southern Alberta.
Members participate in discipline course
Members from throughout Alberta took part in a one-day Fighting Discipline and Discharge Course held recently at AUPE Headquarters in Edmonton.
AUPE Local 071/008 and Portage College exchange bargaining proposals
LAC LA BICHE – Bargaining committees for AUPE Local 071/008 and Portage College exchanged contract proposals last week and more bargaining is expected soon.
Local 047/023 Bargaining Team prepares for negotiations with the employer
Union Representative Steve Nimchuk and members of the AUPE Local 047/023 Bargaining Team, which represent employees of Extendicare Holyrood, prepare for negotiations with the employer scheduled for June 19.
AUPE members urged to cheer Oilers’ drive to Stanley Cup Finals
EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest union is calling on its members throughout the province to cheer loud and proud on Saturday, as the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers travel to southern California on a little duck-hunting excursion.
Local 005 Game Wardens donate more than $12,000 to Children’s Wish Foundation
EDMONTON – The Alberta Game Warden Association announced today it has made a donation of more than $12,000 to the Alberta-N.W.T. Chapter of the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.
Stories, photos of AUPE's history sought
AUPE staff members listen May 24 to a presentation by Athabasca University Labour Studies Professor Winston Gereluk on the Alberta Labour History Institute and the need for photos and story contributions on their union’s history.