AUPE

• Another Alberta union rejects province’s request for more bargaining delays

  AUPE says in an update on its website that it told Alberta Health Services it wants to get back to the bargaining table.

  Politics

  Mar 20
• 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
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• Payroll ‘chaos’: Thousands of Alberta government workers missing pay after tech problems

  A new payroll system put into place for Government of Alberta workers has left many of them short money after issues with the changeover.

  Politics

  Jan 16
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• Alberta government says visitors can still expect highest standards at Royal Alberta Museum despite layoffs

  On Thursday, the AUPE issued a news release after it learned workers received an email from the Royal Alberta Museum saying it could be cutting some jobs permanently by April 1.

  Politics

  Dec 11, 2020
• Officer at Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre dies after contracting COVID-19

  The facility has been experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak and is currently on Alberta Health's outbreak list.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2020
• Family members say they’re being called to help at Edmonton Chinatown Care Centre during staff shortages

  As of Monday, 46 residents have come down with the virus and 11 have died, according to Alberta Health Services.

  Health

  Nov 30, 2020
• 10 deaths, dozens of COVID-19 cases at South Terrace long-term care facility in Edmonton

  AHS said South Terrace Continuing Care Centre, which is owned and operated by Revera, has had 66 cases among residents and has 66 active staff cases.

  Health

  Nov 11, 2020
• Alberta government asks unionized public sector workers to take 4% pay cut

  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said it was handed a new offer from the province on Thursday, which asks for the four per cent cut this year, followed by three years of zero increases.

  Politics

  Nov 6, 2020
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• Union members rally outside Alberta hospitals to support health-care workers

  Those attending the rallies are asking Alberta’s provincial government to reinstate pandemic pay and isolation pay and to reverse a decision to cut 11,000 Alberta Health Services jobs.

  Health

  Nov 5, 2020
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• Union calls outbreak at Calgary Correctional Centre a ‘horror story’ as COVID-19 infects 65% of inmates

  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says it's being told by workers within the centre that conditions are horrible and many preventative measures are only just being put into place.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2020