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Minutes - Environment Committee

Posted August 31, 2010 in Environment Committee

HELD MONDAY AUGUST 30 & TUESDAY AUGUST 31, 2010 IN RED DEER

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. with Sandy Kyle in the Chair.

ROLL CALL

Present:
Troy Merrill
Iba Boda
Marylou Savic
Jennifer Yeoman
Sandy Kyle
Christopher D’Lima
Laura Corpe
Pauline Clarke

Staff Advisor:
Garnett Robinson

Absent:
Willis Poulett

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AUPE members employed by Saddle Hills County to vote on mediator’s recommendation

Posted August 31, 2010 in Boards/Agencies/Local Government

SPIRIT RIVER – Approximately 40 employees of Saddle Hills County in northwest Alberta will have an opportunity to vote on a mediator’s recommended terms of settlement for a three-year collective agreement.

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Shepherd's Care Millwoods ANC

Posted August 31, 2010 in Health Care

Members of the Shepherd’s Care Millwoods ANC bargaining committee met at headquarters Aug. 31 to discuss upcoming negotiations.

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Deadline extended for COPA members seeking funds to run for municipal office

Posted August 30, 2010 in Union Updates, Committee on Political Action

EDMONTON – The date for AUPE members wishing to apply for financial support from the union’s Committee on Political Action to run in the Alberta municipal elections this fall has been extended to Oct. 4, 2010.

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Government employees’ contract expires Aug. 31: AUPE ready for bargaining

Posted August 30, 2010 in Government Services

EDMONTON – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees plans to commence bargaining a new collective agreement for more than 21,000 Government of Alberta employees just one week after their contract expires on Aug. 31.

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Women's Committee meets

Posted August 27, 2010 in Union Updates, Women's Committee

Members of AUPE’s Women’s Committee met at union headquarters on Aug. 27.

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Disappearance of Stephanie Stewart still a mystery four years later

Posted August 26, 2010 in Government Services, Union Updates

EDMONTON – It has been four years since Stephanie Stewart vanished from an Athabasca fire lookout tower near Hinton, Alberta.

AUPE Executive Secretary Treasurer Bill Dechant has reaffirmed the union’s $10,000 contribution to the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.

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AUPE Local 020 members ratify agreement with ATB Financial

Posted August 26, 2010 in Boards/Agencies/Local Government

Members of AUPE Local 020 ratified a new agreement with ATB Financial in a mail-in ballot held Aug. 20, 2010, at union headquarters in Edmonton.

The terms reached in the agreement will see improvements to benefits, wages and health and safety provisions for the members of Local 020.

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Good Sam Joint Advocacy Committee

Posted August 26, 2010 in Health Care

AUPE members from Good Samaritan Society work sites in Hinton, Stony Plain, Lethbridge and Edmonton met at AUPE headquarters Aug. 26 to discuss common bargaining issues.

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Minutes - Membership Services Committee

Posted August 26, 2010 in Membership Services Committee

Place: Red Deer Office

PRESENT: Joel Byron, Jason Heistad, Derrick Karbashewski, Julie Philippe, Melanie Roy, Don Westman & Pat Wimbs

ABSENT: Stan Bateman, Brent Gibson, & Lynn Gough

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