AUPE members working for Bethany Care Society have new collective agreements after seven long years of bargaining. We and the employer ratified the agreements and are in the process of scheduling retro-pay for members.
There are now two master agreements for Bethany Care Society members: one agreement for members in nursing care (NC) and another agreement for members in general support services (GSS). Additionally, these are the first agreements for members working at Riverview, Mountview Lodge, and Sundre Supportive Living. Congratulations!
The new agreements include major improvements to overtime, shift scheduling, new promotions, and transfer language, as well as retroactive wage increases.
Your negotiating teams wish to thank you for all your support and solidarity. We could not have completed this round of bargaining without you!
Retro-pay
Please share this information with your former colleagues who are no longer Bethany employees. Former employees must apply by emailing Tammy Jakob at Tammy.Jakob@Bethanyseniors.com
The deadlines to email Tammy Jakob and apply for retroactive pay are the following:
MVSH Nursing Care: Nov. 28
Sundre Nursing Care: Nov. 29
Riverview Nursing Care: Dec. 10
All the other Nursing Care sites: Dec. 3
Airdrie GSS: Dec. 4
Calgary GSS: Dec. 3
Below is the schedule for when members will receive retroactive pay.
The following will be paid on pay period 24, November 23:
NC: payment for the 1.0% increase effective October 1, 2021, for all sites except Sundre and Mount View Lodge (Olds)
NC: payment for the 1.0% increase effective June 30, 2022, for Sundre
NC: payment for the 1.25% increase effective September 1, 2022, for all sites except Mount View Lodge (Olds)
NC: payment for the 1.25% increase effective October 11, 2022, for Mount View Lodge (Olds)
GSS: payment for the 1.0% increase effective April 1, 2019
GSS: payment for the 1.25% increase effective September 1, 2022
NC & GSS: COVID lump sum of 1% of your basic rate of pay for the hours you worked in 2021
NC & GSS: wage rates as of date of ratification in effect
The following will be paid on pay period 25, December 7:
NC & GSS: payment for the 2.0% increase effective April 1, 2023
GSS: $1400 lump sum (pro-rated for part-time and casual)
Please contact a member of your negotiating team or AUPE Resource Staff if you have any questions.
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM – BETHANY CARE SOCIETY GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Bethany - Airdrie GSS (084/009)
Eileen Booth
bootheileen@rocketemail.com or 403-771-6229
Bethany - Calgary GSS (084/010)
Davinder Bhatti
dkaurbahatti@gmail.com or 403-991-9129
Margaret Billings
mbillings58@shaw.ca or 403-978-8935
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAMS – BETHANY CARE SOCIETY NURSING CARE
Bethany - Airdrie NC (084/009)
Sabrina Edwards
edwardss@telus.net or 403-837-2708
Jill Thompson
jillt2@telus.net or 403-874-0076
Bethany - Calgary NC (084/010)
Valerie Monkman
valerie.w.monkman@hotmail.com or 403-460-8161
Aida Varela
aida.varela@yahoo.ca or 587-216-3936
Michelle Fluter
michelle.fluter@hotmail.com or 403-836-4071
Harvest Hills NC (084/011)
Sharon Hoben
shodgins@shaw.ca or 403-813-9416
Mai Fang
Tian tianmf6666@hotmail.com or 403-397-3796
Davinder Manhas
davindermanhas@hotmail.com or 403-590-4884
Cochrane NC (084/017)
Beverly Dyck
byvnne301@hotmail.com
Red Deer NC (084/015)
Lourdes Alberto
lourds09@yahoo.ca or 403-872-3718
Cheryl Hoffman
cherhoff@live.ca or 825-706-2770
Topaz Phang
topaz_889@hotmail.com or 403-307-3280
Sylvan Lake NC (084/012)
Nadine Frederick
fredericknadine@outlook.com or 403-391-6607
Josephine Covin
covinj@hotmail.com or 403-505-8924
Didsbury NC (084/014)
Carrie Sears
crsears8203@gmail.com or 403-808-2713
Brenda Thomson
bltmypin@shaw.ca or 587-436-3927
Teusdae Johnston
teusdaes@hotmail.com or 403-439-0191
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
James Mitchell, Negotiations
j.mitchell@aupe.org
Michelle Szalynski, Organizing
m.szalynski@aupe.org
Christine Yargeau-Becker, Organizing
c.yargeau-becker@aupe.org
Communications
co@aupe.org