In-lieu of benefits pay and salary steps for SANs. Allow involuntary cancellations of SANs and FTE extra shifts before travelers, Increase AHS rights to lay off members outside of seniority order, Delete recall rights for laid off employees, Delete every weekend benefitted positions (6.13 RN, GU Side Letter #4 for JGPH). "AHS will proceed using an 'attrition-only' approach until March 31, 2020." Allow AHS to bypass reminder 1 for behavior you “should have known was unsatisfactory…” Allow AHS to mix performance, attendance, and conduct discipline—now each type of infraction needs to be its own disciplinary track.

Further updates will be posted on this website and on UNA’s First Class system. AHS refused to sign our contracts in 2017, then changed a bunch of language. 700-11150 Jasper Avenue NW He addressed the anticipated nursing staff reduction on Friday while speaking from an event in Lake Louise. Attempts to get SLH & GU contracts aligned to move towards equity that AHS rejected: Members in the same classification in GU and SLH get paid different rates, with no logic to the differences. Directly from reminder 2 to termination.

AHS rejected. On October 24, 2020, Alberta Health Services (AHS) will launch Connect Care Wave 2 at several suburban locations in the Edmonton Zone. (RN 6.1.1). There are more than 26,000 registered nurses employed by AHS, according to data available on the authority's website. Ensure charge nurse/team leader is out of the count. The Fund just expanded benefits to our SAN members. AHS Bargaining Update for RNs (June 24, 2020) →. AHS unilaterally removed PIPs from ¶412 of the GU MOU. AHS indicated that this may commence in 2020. The AHS plan: NO RAISES, NO STAFFING. In Medicine Hat, laboratory and laundry services are … Rather than clean up the old contract first, AHS wants to re-write our entire contract from scratch. Stop violating state law by discharging homeless patients in nothing but gowns and socks.
We’re fighting for a fair contract. The United Nurses of Alberta held a rally at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton Nov. 20, 2019. A reduction of 750 nurse positions would amount to a 2.88 per cent reduction in the workforce. Airbnb; 83 students fined $1,000 each, More than 80 per cent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had vitamin D deficiency: study, Ontario records more than 800 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate rises above 3 per cent, Mi'kmaq band finds buyer for portion of lobster catch after alleged blacklisting, First Canadian dog tests positive for COVID-19, 'You can still see the blood': Residents promised permanent fix for deadly fence before year end, Alberta hits single-day record after adding 1,440 cases of COVID-19 since Friday. AHS to partner with SEIU to promote local career pipelines to hire from the community. Reducing clinic visits in all zones by targeting those that could move to non-hospital facilities: AHS indicated this may commence in 2020. Union president Heather Smith added she believes it's only the first wave of layoffs affecting nurses.

F(403)-263-2908, membership "AUPE members know that only mass collective action at the worksite and in support of collective bargaining (which resumes early next year) has the power to fight the cuts.".

Add RN bargaining unit to the Joint Employer Education Fund, so that GU & SLH employees can use the fund to become nurses. "So there is actually no overall reductions in the AHS budget. Changes to staff mix and service redesign, including changing and repurposing health care work sites, relocating services, and reducing or ceasing provision of services. AUPE's president called the news devastating but unsurprising. Get training pay for hours rather than full shift only. Published Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:52AM MDT Last Updated Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:05PM MDT AHS wants to make us pay 10% for the PPO plan that is now free, starting in January. (GU/SLH). TAKEAWAYS & LAYOFFS . Operational Best Practice (OBP), specifically a list of areas where changes will be made as a result of this non-evidence based program and the extent of changes already made and changes expected. AHS had indicated that this may commence in 2020.

"We’ve always been clear that getting our province’s finances back in order will require a reduction in the overall size of the public service and we hope to achieve that primarily through attrition," Kenney said. ← After last week's bargaining sessions, it's clearer than ever: AHS management has to go! Posted: Jan 29, 2020 8:00 AM MT | Last Updated: January 29 The UCP government confirmed to CBC News it has has laid off 26 Service Alberta employees. He said he also kept his campaign pledge to maintain or increase health spending because the budget has actually gone up by $150 million. general enquiries, © 2012-2020 United Nurses of Alberta ‑ All Rights Reserved, This page requested on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 @ 12:31:00 MDT.

Calgary Alberta T2N 3P9, P(403)‑237‑2377 / 1‑800‑661‑1802 SEIU Local 1021, CNA, and the other AHS unions are demanding that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors take over AHS. AHS wants shift cancellations/TLO for everyone. UNA has requested AHS provide updates regarding the status of: UNA has also requested an update from AHS on the details of plans to implement recommendations from the Ernst & Young Review. Ensure AHS does not try to cut our dependents health benefits again. The AHS plan: NO RAISES, NO STAFFING. AHS contributes to the fund, which offers lots of classes, tuition, career counseling and more for our members to be able to move up in their careers and get their continuing education.
"AHS will proceed using an 'attrition-only' approach until March 31, 2020.". SLH has a worse pension. Premier Jason Kenney did publicly state in the run-up to the 2019 provincial election "there will be no cuts in the health budget," and signed a pledge committing to maintain health spending. Take away our right to honor another union’s picket line (sympathy strike rights). AUPE said its own executive and local chairs would be meeting next week to discuss how to move forward. "The letter is basically an indication that they intend to pursue, what I consider to be fairly massive restructuring," Smith told CTV News Edmonton. The GU contract has strong workplace safety provisions. Patio area back of the building, 2pm to 7pm. AHS rejected extended that to SLH. RSVP on facebook. "The elimination of that many [Registered Nurse] and [Registered Psychiatric Nurse] FTEs, equivalent to over a million fewer hours of care, will mean more than 750 front-line Registered Nurses will be laid off," UNA said in a news release. AHS said no. Art 11 ¶154, The GU & San Leandro chapters participate in the SEIU Joint Education Fund. F(780)-426-2093, hours of operation: Monday-Friday 0830-1630 excluding Statutory Holidays, 300-1422 Kensington Road NW AHS wants to keep it that day. Make it harder for nurses to get major holidays off. San Leandro only has 2-6 weeks of severance pay. Some SLH members get cancelled a lot. SLH ends with net fewer paid days off. The health authority announced the plan in a letter to David Harrigan, UNA's director of labour relations. (Sec 14.2 ¶205). GU provides paid holidays separate from the PTO bank. Having paused negotiations for a new Provincial Collective Agreement at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, United Nurses of Alberta proposed to Alberta Health Services that bargaining resume next month. "This places increased demand on our healthcare services and it means we have to do things differently in order to provide safe, effective and high quality care for Albertans. In the letter, AHS lead negotiator Raelene Fitz echoes the government statement that a growing and aging population means cuts must be made.

Fix PTO accrual so that part-time staff progress in PTO accruals at same rate as full-time. The nurses' union and the government are due to enter into collective bargaining in 2020, which is why AHS said it was giving the union a heads up. "There is the potential a number of initiatives may come from the recommendations to Government that AHS will have to review and/or implement," AHS said, adding changes would be announced in the coming months. We proposed to pay workers the same for the classification, using whichever rate was higher. “This is Americanization of our health care,” NDP Official Opposition Health Critic David Shepherd said. It impacts quality, it impacts access.". Allow management to make unilateral changes to staffing without meeting with the union first. About 2,500 roles could be affected throughout numerous government departments.