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Minutes - Human Rights Committee

Posted June 19, 2011 in Human Rights Committee

AT MAYFIELD INN & SUITE, ROOM 2201, EDMONTON, ALBERTA

Present: Sandra Azocar Leslie Marquardt Suzanne Rutledge Troy Ormann Shamanthi Cooray Glenn Harding Pervis Fisher Craig Stansfield

Staff Advisor: Maria Marrazzo (Absent).

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Minutes - Women's Committee

Posted June 17, 2011 in Women's Committee

AT HEADQUARTERS

The meeting was called to order at 9:15 with Sandra Azocar in the Chair.
ROLL CALL
Present: Sandra Azocar Amanda McMurren Clarke McChesney Margaret Gregory Ramona Price Cara Rotenberger Karen Sputek

Absent: Marge Christie

Staff Adviser: Mary Kehoe

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SAIT Long Service awards

Posted June 17, 2011 in Education

Local 039 held their annual Long Service luncheon on June 14 at Macdonald Hall on the SAIT main campus. The recipients of the long service awards posed for a photo after the presentations.

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Minutes - Legislative Committee

Posted June 16, 2011 in Legislative Committee

Edmonton Headquarters The meeting was called to order at 9.10 a.m. with Mark Ellis in the Chair.
ROLL CALL

Present: Mark Ellis, Chair, Local 012 Vulcan Rod Feland, Vice Chair, Local 038 Edmonton Bev Hill, Secretary, Loc 044 Red Deer Bobby-Joe Rovensky, Local 071 Didsbury Angela MacArthur, Local 057 Red Deer Adam Millie, Local 001 Edmonton Krista Brzezicki ,Local 043 Lamont
Via Teleconference Dusan Milutinovic, Local 095 Calgary

Staff Advisor: Carol Drennan, Staff Advisor Edmonton

Regrets: Jim Dick, Local 002 Red Deer

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Information pickets planned for Shepherd’s Care

Posted June 16, 2011 in Health Care

EDMONTON — The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees will hold the first of two information pickets on Saturday to protest stalling tactics at the bargaining table by a large continuing care employer.

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General Support Service bargaining update

Posted June 15, 2011 in Health Care, GSS

Our history, Bill 27:

In March 2003, the provincial government forced the amalgamation of Alberta’s health region bargaining units through its controversial Bill 27. This amalgamation had a tremendous impact on many provincial health care employees, including us.

General support services staff are still feeling the effects of this amalgamation years later.

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Minutes - Legislative Committee

Posted June 15, 2011 in Legislative Committee

At Edmonton Headquarters

The meeting was called to order at 8:55 a.m. with Mark Ellis in the Chair.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mark Ellis, Chair, Local 012 Vulcan Rod Feland, Vice Chair, Local 038 Edmonton Bev Hill, Secretary, Loc 044 Red Deer Bobby-Joe Rovensky, Local 071 Didsbury Adam Millie, Local 001 Edmonton Krista Brzezicki, Local 043 Lamont Dusan Milutinovic, Local 095 Calgary Angela MacArthur, Local 057 Red Deer

Staff Advisor: Carol Drennan, Staff Advisor Edmonton

Regrets: Jim Dick, Local 002 Red Deer

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General Support Service workers end direct talks with Alberta Health Services

Posted June 15, 2011 in Health Care, GSS

EDMONTON — The bargaining committee representing more than 22,000 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees members working in General Support Services roles with Alberta Health Services broke off contract negotiations yesterday after talks with the employer ground to a halt.

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Funspiel donates $5,000 to Edmonton Humane Society

Posted June 15, 2011 in Union Updates

The Edmonton Humane Society was the recipient of the proceeds from the 2011 AUPE Curling Funspiel. The cheque was presented to EHS representatives at their new facility on June 1.

The annual event raises money for a charity selected through random draw. This year’s donation raises the amount of money donated as a result of the funspiels to almost $27,000.

Information on the Seventh Annual Curling Funspiel will be available following the Charity Golf Tournament in August.

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Information pickets planned for Shepherd’s Care

Posted June 14, 2011 in Health Care

AUPE members are urged to support Auxiliary Nursing Care and General Support Services employees in several chapters of Local 047 by joining information pickets outside two Shepherd’s Care Foundation continuing care centres in Edmonton this month.

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