Alberta Healthcare Workers

• Alberta union raises alarm over health-care staffing shortage: ‘The crisis is not over’

  Dozens of AUPE members took part in a rally near the legislature on Tuesday to raise awareness on how a staffing shortage has created what they say is an unsafe system.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2023
  
• Edmonton Oilers Mega 50-50 supports first responders

  The Oilers 50-50 draw supports a cause close to the hearts of two Oilers alumni. Chris Joseph and Randy Gregg were called to front-line careers after they retired from the NHL.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2023
  
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• Hundreds of workers disciplined by AHS after 2020 wildcat strike: union

  Nearly 800 health-care workers who walked off the job last October in a one-day wildcat strike have been disciplined by Alberta Health Services, the union said Tuesday. 

  Health

  Feb 23, 2021
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• Albertans taking care of senior and ill family members ‘isolated’ through the COVID-19 pandemic

  Since the pandemic began Albertans who are taking care of loved ones are not only feeling more stress, but they also are not able to provide the same level of care.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2021
• 1,205 Alberta health-care workers — 1% of workforce — have tested positive for COVID-19

  Of the 651 AHS employees who have tested positive and whose source of infection has been determined, 28.6 per cent acquired their infection at work.

  Health

  Nov 13, 2020
• Bonspiel physicians to donate plasma as part of clinical trial for possible COVID-19 treatment

  The bonspiel initially attracted attention because it was one of the first outbreaks in Alberta and the participants were primarily physicians.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2020
• ‘Please stay home’: Alberta hospital workers plead with public amid COVID-19 pandemic

  More than a dozen front-line health-care workers send out a plea to Albertans to stay home.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2020