Studies begin tomorrow for AUPE Labour School’s ‘Class of 2009’
JASPER – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ eighth annual Labour School will be opened tomorrow evening by President Doug Knight.
Churchill Retirement Community Bargaining Committee
AUPE’s Local 047/003 Bargaining Committee, which represent 58 Auxiliary Nursing and General Support staff at Churchill Retirement Community, met at AUPE headquarters Feb. 6 and 26 to prepare to negotiate a first collective agreement.
Long-term view required to maintain services Albertans count on and need
EDMONTON – Finance Minister Iris Evans was right to take a long-term view of the prospects for Alberta’s Heritage Fund and the rest of the economy in today’s fiscal update, and the government should take the same approach to determining appropriate levels of spending for health care and government services, says the president of Alberta’s largest union.
Edmonton Area Council offers discounted Eskimos tickets to AUPE members
EDMONTON – AUPE’s Edmonton Area Council is again offering members of the union a chance to cheer on the Edmonton Eskimos at a discounted rate.
Pay & Social Equity Committee pitches in
AUPE Pay and Social Equity Committee members pitched in preparing meals for the poor at the Mustard Seed Church in downtown Edmonton Feb. 24, 2009.
Minutes - Pay and Social Equity Committee
AUPE Headquarters, Edmonton
Attendees:
Erez Raz – Chair
Garry Ritchie – Local 003
Peggy Martin – Local 046
Peggy Stewart – Life Member
Carmen MacRae – Local 001 (minutes)
Susan Slade – Local 045
Rhonda Chatman – Local 071
Debbie Kay – Staff Advisor
AUPE members at Lethbridge care facility ratify three-year agreement
LETHBRIDGE – Members of AUPE employed at the private sector Edith Cavell Care Centre have ratified a new collective agreement that provides the same pay increases as those received by employees of public health care facilities throughout Alberta.
Youville Home GSS bargaining team
The bargaining committee for AUPE Local 047/028 members employed in General Support Services at St. Albert’s Youville Home met at union headquarters Feb. 24 to prepare for bargaining.
AUPE Women's Committee
Members of the AUPE Women’s Committee heard a presentation from Jamie Kass (centre), National Child Care Coordinator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) at union headquarters, Feb. 23.