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GSS television commercial shoot

Posted February 06, 2012 in Health Care, GSS

AUPE started production of television ads for its GSS bargaining unit Monday.

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Local 047 meets

Posted February 03, 2012 in Health Care

AUPE members from Local 047, health care employees in both the public and private sector, met at union headquarters Feb. 2, in Edmonton. The large group met with Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason in the morning for a presentation and a question and answer session.

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AHS ANC negotiations survey now online

Posted February 01, 2012 in Health Care

AUPE’s Auxiliary Nursing Care negotiations survey is now available online for ANC members to fill out.

The survey will help the ANC bargaining committee gain knowledge of the group’s concerns going in to bargaining with Alberta Health Services for their first post-transition collective agreement.

The contract between Locals 041, 043, 044, 045, and 046 and Alberta Health Services expires at the end of March.

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GSS radio ads take on Alberta Health Services

Posted February 01, 2012 in Health Care, GSS

EDMONTON – Radio advertisements in support of AUPE’s 22,000 General Support Services members in negotiations with Alberta Health Services are now on the air across the province.

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Rally at Waterford

Posted January 30, 2012 in Health Care

AUPE members, supporters and other unions rally outside of Waterford of Summerlea in Edmonton to show support for a worker who AUPE believes was unjustly fired for her role in organizing the worksite. The staff at Waterford, a seniors continuing care facility, recently voted to join AUPE and have served notice to the employer to begin bargaining their first collective agreement.

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GSS radio ads launch Monday

Posted January 27, 2012 in Health Care, GSS

EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest union will launch radio advertisements Monday in support of its 22,000 General Support Services members in negotiations with Alberta Health Services.

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Rally against unjust firing

Posted January 27, 2012 in Health Care

Scores of AUPE members, supporters and other unions came to a rally outside of Waterford of Summerlea in Edmonton to show support for a worker who AUPE believes was unjustly fired for her role in organizing the worksite. The staff at Waterford, a seniors continuing care facility, recently voted to join AUPE and have served notice to the employer to begin bargaining their first collective agreement.

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AUPE files strike vote application against Edith Cavell Care Centre in Lethbridge

Posted January 26, 2012 in Health Care

LETHBRIDGE – A strike vote application was filed yesterday by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees on behalf of close to 120 members at the Edith Cavell Care Centre in Lethbridge.

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NOTICE TO MEDIA: AUPE holds information picket to protest unjustified firing, today

Posted January 26, 2012 in Health Care

EDMONTON – Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees at the Waterford of Summerlea continuing care facility will hold an information picket today to protest the recent firing of a coworker.

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Staff at St. Therese continuing care centre vote to join AUPE

Posted January 25, 2012 in Health Care

LETHBRIDGE – Staff at St. Therese Villa in Lethbridge continuing care facility have voted to join the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees.

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