We need your knowledge of your worksite and your experience in your work position.
As part of the collective bargaining process, your AUPE Essential Services team is negotiating an Essential Service Agreement (ESA) with your employer, Bethany Nursing Homes of Camrose.
Your Essential Services Officers will be holding the following onsite meetings with members to learn more about your worksites and your job experience:
- Bashaw Meadows on Wednesday, April 12 from 10 am to 1:30 pm
- Rosealta Lodge on Thursday, April 13 from 9 am to 4 pm
- Bethany Meadows on Friday, April 14 from 9 am to 4 pm
Essential services legislation allows strikes and lockouts of public sector workers, while requiring ‘essential’ services be provided to the public during these labour disputes. Section 95.1 of the Labour Relations Code defines Essential Services as:
- The interruption of which would endanger the life, personal safety, or health of the public.
- That are necessary for the maintenance and administration of the rule of law or public security.
This legislation is a double-edged sword. It limits our ability to strike and constrains some of our rights during a strike or lockout – which means the employer may try to list services in the ESA not needed to protect safety to weaken our bargaining power.
Put simply, creating an ESA without your feedback leads to weaker agreements, longer rounds of negotiation, and ineffective strikes because we cannot verify the employer’s staffing proposals.
That is why we’re asking all Bethany Nursing Home members to get involved and participate in these consultations. The input you provide is our most critical resource.
How to prepare for a consultation
- If you have it, bring your job description, or send it to the Essential Services Officer.
- Bring a list of the total number of staff in your department/unit, including all classifications and whether there are any vacancies (working short).
- If you are working short—think of what continues and how you prioritize tasks.
- Learn more about Essential Services at aupe.org/essentialservices
If you have any questions or concerns ahead of the consultations, please contact us at: https://www.aupe.org/essentialservices#14572
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM – BETHANY OF CAMROSE
Bethany Nursing Home of Camrose - Tri-Lodges, 047/002 & 047
Theresa Lowther
theresa.lowther@hotmail.com
Cynthia Ross
ayliemonster@hotmail.com
Shauna Buist
shaunabuist@gmail.com
Bethany Nursing Home of Camrose - Rosehaven/ LTC, 047/002
Cheryl Blumhagen
23cheryl@telus.net
Lois Webb
laniwebb@telus.net
Graham Yourston
gramsy68@hotmail.com
Bethany Nursing Home of Camrose – Wetaskiwin Homecare, 047/002
Tracy Pepin
irishleah@hotmail.com
Adrianna Mehle
admehle@gmail.com
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
Janel Misquitta, Essential Services Officer
j.misquitta@aupe.org
Farid Iskandar, Essential Services Officer
f.iskandar@aupe.org
Chris Dickson, Negotiations
c.dickson@aupe.org
Michelle Szalynski, Organizing
m.szalynski@aupe.org
Mimi Williams, Communications
m.williams@aupe.org