Stolen files an inevitable risk of government policy to provide services in communities, AUPE president says
EDMONTON – The risk of confidential files being stolen from automobiles is an inevitable consequence of the way Alberta Children’s Services wants social workers to do their work, says AUPE President Doug Knight.
Dates confirmed for 2008 Convention
With the 31st Annual Convention now concluded, the union’s membership will set its sights on next year’s annual gathering, which will take place Oct. 23-25, 2008 in Edmonton.
Social service workers protest heavy workloads in six communities
EDMONTON – Social services workers who are members of Local 006 of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees will hold a province-wide day of protest today to draw public attention to their concerns about heavy workloads.
Global Visions Film Festival set for Nov. 1-4
EDMONTON – The Global Visions Film Festival is back for its 26th year in Edmonton, Nov. 1-4, with several films of interest to union activists.
AUPE convention delegates demand safe caregiver-patient ratio in continuing care facilities
EDMONTON – The Alberta government must adopt a standard requiring one caregiver for every six patients in the province’s continuing care facilities, delegates to the annual convention of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees demanded Saturday.
Executive Committee sworn in; Change the Law protest a major success
EDMONTON – President Doug Knight and the five other members of AUPE’s Executive Committee were sworn in to office for two-year terms as the union’s 31st annual convention ended Saturday afternoon.
Aspen Foundation, AUPE, deliver union education to Alberta students
EDMONTON – The term “student union” could take on new meaning this year at junior and senior high schools across the province.
Change the Law Rally
More than 1,000 AUPE members and supporters rallied to change Alberta’s labour laws at the provincial Legislature Friday. They brought boxes containing copies of more than 20,000 letters calling for change.
Local 049 Council
Members of the Local 049 Council held a meeting recently, at the union’s Edmonton Headquarters.
Knight re-elected as President of AUPE
EDMONTON – Doug Knight, a veteran union activist from Red Deer, was re-elected today as president of the 68,000-member Alberta Union of Provincial Employees.