GSS radio ads take on Alberta Health Services
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.
The ads star real front-line AHS employees explaining how their work helps patients get healthy and challenges AHS to treat them with respect at the bargaining table.
Listen to the radio ads by clicking here and here .
Two additional radio advertisements are expected to hit the airwaves in the coming weeks.
“This media campaign showcases the important work Alberta Health Services GSS members do every day to help make and keep Albertans healthy,” said AUPE President, Guy Smith.
“These health care employees are equal and important members of Alberta’s health care team and they deserve a contract that recognizes that,” said Smith.
In January, GSS members rejected a mediator’s contract recommendations for the group’s first post-transition collective bargaining agreement by 95-per-cent. The group is now back in mediation with AHS.
The radio ads are airing on 630 CHED in Edmonton and 770 CHQR in Calgary. The ads will begin airing on rural radio stations, Feb. 13.
Watch for GSS television ads to launch on all major Canadian television networks, Feb. 20.
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For more information:
Guy Smith, AUPE President: 780-930-3301 or 780-265-2294 (cell)
Tyler Bedford, AUPE Communications: 780-930-3406