US EditionStrike notice served by union representing Alberta nursing care staff
More than 16,000 Alberta licensed practical nurses and health-care aides will picket after mediation failed, with 98% voting in favor of strike action, union says.
- On Wednesday, Alberta Union of Provincial Employees served strike notice just before 8 a.m., saying mediation failed, and more than 16,000 licensed practical nurses and health‑care aides will begin picketing Saturday, Nov. 22.
- After almost 20 months of bargaining, talks between AUPE and Alberta Health Services broke down in April over wages and work conditions, with unsuccessful mediation.
- Members delivered a near-unanimous strike vote with about 98 per cent in favour, and about 3,500 workers will walk off in rotating pickets starting Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
- The province said a fair deal was offered and Horner stated `We are disappointed to hear the AUPE has provided official notice of their intent to strike on Saturday morning`, while AHS has contingency plans in place.
- AUPE wants the government and employer back at the bargaining table; Robinson said the remaining nine per cent wage gap and proposals raising it to $20 with market adjustments of two per cent for aides and 9.5 per cent for LPNs underscore their demand for an improved mandate.
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Alberta Health Services and hospital workers back at table as strike looms (Alberta)
The union representing 16,000 Alberta hospital workers has returned to the bargaining table with the province's health-care delivery agency ahead of a weekend deadline for members to strike. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, or AUPE, says in an email that Alberta Health Services invited the...
Alberta Health Services and hospital workers back at table as strike looms
EDMONTON - The union representing 16,000 Alberta hospital workers has returned to the bargaining table with the province's health-care delivery agency ahead of a weekend deadline for members to strike.
Alberta Nurses Give Strike Notice
The union representing about 16,000 Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health care aides, says its members will go on strike this weekend. “Mediation was not successful. We did not reach a tentative agreement nor receive recommendations from our mediator,” the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) said in a Nov. 19 post on its website. The union said it delivered strike notice in the morning of Nov. 19. Sand…
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