Nurses at a south Edmonton seniors home will walk off the job on Monday afternoon.
15 nurses from the Devonshire Care Centre have given legal notice that they will begin strike action at 3:00p.m. on New Year’s Eve.
It’s a move that is being supported by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).
“We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in this labour dispute,” AUPE President Guy Smith said in release Friday afternoon. “We respect the work they do and we support their efforts to get a fair and reasonable collective agreement.”
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One of the main issues is nurses’ salaries. The Devonshire nurses say their wages are about $9 less than those paid to nurses at other public and private sector care centres in the province.
The group of nurses voted in favour of strike action on December 14, but decided to wait until after Christmas to take action, out of respect to the residents in the care centre.
Devonshire care centre provides around the clock care for more than 100 seniors, some of whom are high needs patients with conditions like dementia.
Earlier this year, a strike involving other workers from the Devonshire Care Centre was averted when the province stepped in.
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