The time to get involved is now – join the fight!
Your Government Services negotiating team is getting ready for the largest round of bargaining the province has ever seen.
Here’s a recap of what we’ve accomplished so far:
- We kicked off with the Government of Alberta (GoA) bargaining conference at AUPE headquarters on Sept. 13. We received detailed reports from key AUPE departments: Negotiations, Research and Essential Services Agreements and the GoA representatives in attendance also created the bargaining surveys which our members received in early November.
- We had a great turnout of 35 GoA representatives who attended the bargaining training and orientation course from Oct. 18 to 19.
- The Government Services Bargaining Committee (GSBC) held our first meeting on Nov. 16 to have a detailed discussion on the structure of negotiations and begin reviewing the bargaining survey responses and ingoing proposals.
One of our main priorities is to make sure this round of negotiations more inclusive – that's why we’ll have three members from each Local negotiating team on hand for expert support at the bargaining table. A full list of these members can be found at the end of this bargaining update.*
We also met with each Local Committee throughout Nov. 17 – 27, followed by an all GoA Locals meeting on Nov. 28, to have a full review of the process and detailed discussion with reps from the Negotiations, Research and ESA departments.
What’s coming up
The Locals will be reviewing the member surveys and the GSBC representative for each Local will be ready to bring your issues to the proposal meetings on the dates below:
January 2024 - GSBC meetings:
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024
February 2024 - GSBC meetings:
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
Friday, Feb. 9, 2024
As you can see a lot has happened and there is still much more work to be done in this crucial round of bargaining.
AUPE members have been under extreme financial pressures due to high inflation, out of control interest rates and heavy workloads coupled with short staffing. We know there’s a lot at stake and we’re going to fight to make some serious gains.
With your Collective Agreement expiring on March 31, 2024, we will be sending the employer AUPE’s written notice to bargain on Jan. 2, 2024. In this letter we will request to exchange bargaining proposals mid to late February and meeting dates for negotiations in March.
During this round of negotiations, we will be sending regular bargaining updates to your email on file. Please make sure your personal information is updated here: https://www.aupe.org/update-info
Your negotiating team cannot be successful without your full support and active participation. The time to get involved is now – join the fight!
GoA Government Services Bargaining Committee (GSBC):
Guy Smith, GSBC Chair
Local 001
Kathleen Buss, GSBC Representative
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Local support team*
Evina Lee
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Alexi Alva
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Paula-Jo Flemming
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Local 002
Lorraine Ellis, GSBC Representative
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Local support team*
Jacqueline Bruglemans
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Trevor Eliott
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Michael Decker
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Local 003
Dax Lydiard, GSBC Representative
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Local support team
William MacAoud
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Thierry Ramsamy
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Matthew Bolduc
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Local 004
Steven Eagles, GSBC Representative
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Local support team
Ron Jones
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Shaun Hummel
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Bowman Pringle
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Local 005
Jeffrey Bleach, GSBC Representative
Local support team
Shawna Lund
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David Downs
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Neil McNalty
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Local 006
Rob Poggemiller, GSBC Representative
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Local support team
Remona Fox
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Odain Brown
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Theresa Prawdzik
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Local 009
Russell Clark, GSBC Representative
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Local Support team
Samantha Samborski
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Tammy Zimmerman
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Angela Pala
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Local 012
Richard Hansen, GSBC Representative
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Local support team
Catherine Taylor
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Jason Harris
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Julie Hepburn
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AUPE Resource Staff
James Mitchell, Negotiator
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Cindy Troake, Member Services Officer (Local 001)
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Brandon Hammond, Member Services Officer (Local 002)
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Hijal De Sarker, Member Services Officer (Local 003)
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Steve Cowtan, Member Services Officer (Local 004 & Local 005)
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Richard Hines, Member Services Officer (Local 006)
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Tammy McNeil, Member Services Officer (Local 009)
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Anamaria Antonescu, Member Services Officer (Local 012)
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Stephanie Stewart, Organizer (Local 001, Local 004 and Local 009)
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Amal Jama, Organizer (Local 002 and Local 012)
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Michelle Szalynski, Organizer (Local 003, Local 005 and Local 006)
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