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Songs of solidarity at Monterey

Posted June 29, 2012 in Health Care, Union Updates

AUPE members locked out at Monterey Place in Calgary sing on the line with residents of the facility, June 26.

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Replacement worker vehicle hits Monterey Place picketers again in Calgary

Posted June 29, 2012 in Health Care

CALGARY – A replacement worker hit locked-out employees with her vehicle again this morning at the Monterey Place seniors care facility, the second such incident this week.

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Nursing staff reaches tentative agreement with Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health

Posted June 29, 2012 in Health Care, Union Updates, ANC

EDMONTON – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health reached a tentative agreement, June 27, for close to 13,500 Auxiliary Nursing staff across the province.

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Devonshire Care Centre staff will strike, Tuesday

Posted June 29, 2012 in Health Care, Union Updates

EDMONTON – Close to 180 Licensed Practical Nurses, Health Care Aides, dietary, housekeeping, laundry and other specialized staff at Devonshire Care Centre will begin a strike against their employer, B.C.-based Park Place Seniors Living Inc., Tuesday, July 3 at 6:30 a.m.

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Picketers struck by car

Posted June 28, 2012 in Health Care

Four locked-out picketers were struck by a vehicle driven by a replacement worker leaving the Monterey Place seniors care facility in northeast Calgary this morning.

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AHS/Covenant Health bargaining update

Posted June 28, 2012 in Health Care, Union Updates, ANC

Alberta Health Services/Covenant Health

Bargaining update:

Your bargaining committee met with the employer at AUPE headquarters in Edmonton, June 25, 26 and 27.

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Monterey Place locked out

Posted June 28, 2012 in Health Care, Union Updates

AUPE members at Monterey Place in Calgary were locked out by their employer, Triple A Living Communities Inc., June 26. Close to 90 nursing and support staff are picketing outside the northeast Calgary facility.

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Devonshire Care staff vote heavily in favour of strike

Posted June 28, 2012 in Health Care, Union Updates

EDMONTON – After months of frustrating negotiations with B.C.-based Park Place Seniors Living Inc., close to 180 Licensed Practical Nurses, Health Care Aides, dietary, housekeeping, laundry and other specialized staff at Devonshire Care Centre voted heavily in favour of a strike following two days of balloting, June 26 and 27.

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Mackenzie County bargaining update

Posted June 27, 2012 in Boards/Agencies/Local Government

Your employer has contacted the bargaining committee by e-mail with a new offer: a three-year deal with less money than in their previous offer.

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473 seniors care workers at Bethany Care Society get industry-standard wages

Posted June 27, 2012 in Health Care

CALGARY – Seniors care employees at two Bethany Care Society workplaces – Bethany Calgary and Bethany Harvest Hills – have ratified a new collective agreement that will deliver wage increases on par with the industry standard.

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