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Alberta’s Nursing Industry Votes in Favour of Strike
About 16,000 nursing care staff voted 98% in favor of strike over unresolved wage and safety issues after 18 months of stalled negotiations, union said.
- Between Oct. 30 and Nov. 3, AUPE announced that 98% of participating Alberta Health Services nursing care members voted to authorize strike action, with about 11,031 ballots cast.
- Faced with expanded duties and stagnant pay, AUPE says bargaining since March 2024 broke down in April, prompting the strike vote.
- About 16,000 unionized nursing care members could be affected, mediation is scheduled Thursday through Sunday, and the earliest strike notice is Nov. 17 with potential job action Nov. 20.
- AUPE says it would keep essential services while striking, warning a provincewide strike could worsen staffing amid a 10- to 12-per-cent vacancy rate, with Nenshi warning `Albertans would be justified in asking themselves if they are engineering yet another strike so that they can use the notwithstanding clause again`.
- The Alberta government says `This is a fair, competitive deal, in line with more than 87 other negotiated settlements across the public sector`, while estimating AUPE's proposal would cost more than $2 billion.
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Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote overwhelmingly for striking ahead of mediation (Alberta)
About 16,000 unionized Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, have voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary to back contract demands. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says about 11,000 workers voted and 98 per cent approved job action. If the...
·Kelowna, Canada
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Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote overwhelmingly for striking ahead of mediation
EDMONTON - About 16,000 unionized Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, have voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary to back contract demands.
·Waterloo, Canada
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