AHS Nursing Care: Strike Vote is Oct. 30 – Nov. 3

Thank you to all the members who joined us for our important telephone town halls on October 16. Your team is grateful for the opportunity to answer your important questions about bargaining, mediation, and our next steps.

Our strike vote begins Thursday, October 30 at 8:30 a.m. and closes Monday, November 3, at 4:30 p.m. 

Members will vote on AUPE’s website using their MyAUPE accounts. Visit aupe.org/user/register to create your account if you have not already.

Members can also vote at Headquarters in Edmonton or any one of AUPE’s regional offices from 8:30 am to 4:30pm from Oct. 30 – Nov. 3 (including on the weekend).

A strong strike mandate will show our employer that we are serious about our demands. This strike vote is the next stage in our fight for the raises, benefits, and working conditions we deserve.

Remember to sign up for a MyAUPE account to ensure you can participate in our strike vote and receive strike pay quickly. Visit aupe.org/user/register to create an account today.

AHS files another new complaint

AHS filed another bad faith bargaining complaint on October 16, which we were able to briefly address in our town hall.

To be clear, we did not receive recommendations from our mediator for a new collective agreement. We reached impasse during our meetings in October, and the mediator agreed to end formal mediation at our request.

Your team would like to remind members that AHS’s allegations have not been proven and, in our opinion, are completely false. 

We believe this complaint is a tactic to delay our strike vote. Your team will fight against this complaint and fight for our right to hold a legal strike vote without delay.

Please contact a member of your negotiating team if you have any questions.

AHS NURSING CARE NEGOTIATING TEAM

Local 041

Christine Vavrik
rvavrik@shaw.ca    

Catherine Sivasankar (alt)
accb@shaw.ca

Local 043

Sandy Miller
smiller98@msn.com      

Jennifer Power (alt)
cherrigarcia24@yahoo.ca 

Local 044 

Marg Miller
marg.miller@hotmail.ca    

Jesse Philp (alt)
jreimerlpn@gmail.com

Local 045

Nancy Burton
ndburton@hotmail.com

Angela Smyth (alt)
angelscare.as@gmail.com

Local 046

Marty Roy
bargaininglocal46@gmail.com

Heather Stewart (alt)
stewart.h@live.ca

AUPE RESOURCE STAFF

Kate Robinson, Lead Negotiator
k.robinson@aupe.org

Chris Dickson, Negotiator
c.dickson@aupe.org