Labour Education School wraps up
President Doug Knight shares a moment of solidarity Feb. 28, with participants attending the union’s seventh annual Labour Education School in Kananaskis. This year’s school was deemed a great success by students and teachers alike.
AADAC members ratify new three-year collective agreement with employer
EDMONTON – AADAC employees, members of AUPE Local 059/001, ratified a new three-year collective agreement today with the employer.
AUPE Women’s Committee encourages donations of used cell phones to ‘help hang up on family violence’
EDMONTON – The AUPE Women’s Committee hopes union members will dial up a good cause by donating their used cell phones to “help hang up on family violence.”
Information Picket 101
Members taking part in the Communications Course at this year’s Labour Education School in Kananaskis, which concluded earlier today, participate Feb. 28 in a mock indoor information picket.
2008 Labour Education School
More than 230 AUPE labour activists are attending the union’s Seventh Annual Labour Education School in Kananaskis, which is being held from Feb. 24-28. The participants took a moment to pose for a photo to mark the occasion.
Shepherd’s Care Millwoods Manor and Southside Manor staff ratify first collective agreement
EDMONTON – AUPE-represented Home Care and General Support Services workers in Edmonton ratified their first collective agreement Wednesday, Feb. 25 with their employer Shepherd’s Care Foundation.
Red Deer College to host Alberta Social Forum
RED DEER – This year’s Alberta Social Forum will encourage participants to “Leap into Action” and accept the challenges of solving their own problems while learning from others.
Province provides benefits backgrounder for direct Government of Alberta employees
EDMONTON – The Government of Alberta has published a backgrounder on benefits for the 22,000 AUPE members who are direct employees of the province.
More than 230 AUPE activists to attend 2008 Kananaskis labour school
KANANASKIS – More than 230 union activists will attend the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees seventh annual Labour Education School, which opens tomorrow at the Delta Lodge at Kananaskis.
AUPE Kananaskis labour school opens
KANANASKIS – The more than 230 participants in AUPE’s 2008 Labour Education School got down to work late this afternoon.
This evening at dinner, participants were welcomed by AUPE President Doug Knight, who told them that the work they are training to do amounts to “creating the structure and the lifeblood of any union.”