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GSS Multi Employer Bargaining Committee

Posted April 30, 2008 in Health Care

Local 056 and 057 Multi Employer Bargaining Committee members Bev Hargrove, Lois Skarsen, and Jim Colter (left to right) were at Union Headquarters in Edmonton this week.

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AUPE President congratulates Lyle Kanee on appointment to Labour Relations Board

Posted April 30, 2008 in Union Updates

EDMONTON – Alberta Union of Provincial Employees President Doug Knight congratulated well-known labour lawyer Lyle Kanee today on his appointment as a vice-chair of the Alberta Labour Relations Board.

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Tickets on sale for Edmonton Area Council’s Summer BBQ, June 21

Posted April 30, 2008 in Union Updates

EDMONTON – Tickets are on sale for the Edmonton Area Council’s Summer BBQ on June 21.

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AUPE members donate to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta

Posted April 29, 2008 in Union Updates

AUPE Union Representative Gil Laflamme presents a $5,000 cheque to Laura Mercier-Gagnon of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT and Nunavut. The money was raised by AUPE members at the 2008 Funspiel tournament.

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GSS Multi-Employer Locals 056 & 057 Bargaining Committee disappointed and frustrated by lack of monetary package

Posted April 29, 2008 in Health Care

EDMONTONAUPE Bargaining Committee members for GSS Locals 056 and 057 expressed their frustration and disappointment today at the employer’s failure to deliver a monetary package at previously agreed to dates.

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AUPE health and safety seminar

Posted April 28, 2008 in Union Updates

AUPE Vice President Lorraine Ellis introduces a health and safety seminar at Edmonton headquarters on the International Day of Mourning, April 28, 2008. AUPE OH&S Specialist Dennis Malayko (middle) leads many of the seminars.

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AUPE marks Day of Mourning with solemn ceremony

Posted April 28, 2008 in Union Updates

EDMONTON – The provincial government and unions like AUPE need to find common ground and work together to reduce the number of workplace deaths in Alberta, AUPE President Doug Knight told a Day of Mourning ceremony this morning.

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Human Rights and Young Activists Committees partner on multicultural education project

Posted April 25, 2008 in Union Updates, Young Activists Committee, Human Rights Committee

Members of AUPE Human Rights and Young Activists Committees met at headquarters April 25 to partner on an educational project which will showcase dancers from several cultures at the next convention.

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AUPE activists to mark Workers' Day of Mourning with ceremony Monday

Posted April 25, 2008 in Union Updates

EDMONTON – Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and other unions will mark the International Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job Monday with a solemn ceremony at union headquarters.

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AUPE Women's Committee meeting

Posted April 24, 2008 in Union Updates, Women's Committee

AUPE Women’s Committee held a regularly scheduled meeting at Edmonton headquarters April 24, 2008.

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