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PRESS RELEASE: UCP can’t fix nursing crises of its own making
Feb 18, 2023

Paltry measures won’t make up the 9,300 nurse shortfall EDMONTON – The UCP’s attempts to make up for nursing staff shortages may fall well short of what Alberta needs, according […]

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Unions win pension fight with for-profit health-care corporation
Feb 17, 2023

The Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are encouraged by a Labour Relations Board decision that private companies must abide by existing […]

BLOG: We’ll be short thousands of nurses in the next few years. Alberta needs to step up.
Feb 16, 2023

The Alberta government forecasts that we’ll be short nearly 9,300 registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, nursing supervisors, and licensed practical nurses by the year 2030. That’s according to the government’s […]

PRESS RELEASE: Does the UCP have a secret plan to cut the minimum wage in rural Alberta?
Feb 14, 2023

There are good reasons to believe that’s exactly what they’re considering, says labour leader EDMONTON – The president of Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), […]

PRESS RELEASE: Union leaders urge feds to seize “the opportunity of the century” to create jobs in Alberta
Feb 6, 2023

Joint letter says federal budget should be Canada’s definitive response to massive American investment bill EDMONTON – In a strongly worded letter sent today, a group of Alberta union leaders […]

BLOG: Privatized surgical facilities are bad medicine
Feb 3, 2023

The UCP government’s making a big deal about contracting out publicly insured surgeries to chartered surgical facilities. The basic idea is that the province outsources publicly insured surgeries to private […]