1/5 🇨🇦 12% RAISE FOR ALBERTA HOSPITAL STAFF 🇨🇦

More than 27,000 front-line hospital workers in Alberta have a new collective agreement.

The #AUPE deal with #AHS includes a 12% pay increase retroactive to 2024.

The target: Living wages by April 2027.
#AbLeg #Alberta #HealthCare #AbPoli #MedSky

No more work from home for Alberta government employees Thousands of Alberta government employees returned to work in their offices full time Monday.

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No more work from home for Alberta government employees

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#work #home #government
#employees #mandated
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#working #worklife

Alberta gov't workers plan brown bag protest as they return to office: union | CBC News Alberta's 9,000 unionized provincial employees are going back to the office full time starting this weekend, but not without a brown bag protest.

The Alberta UCP government just wants to control everything and everyone, for their own amusement. Every metric shows that hybrid work is better for workers and the employer. Let’s stop treating our public employees like children. #ABpoli #aupe #union

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Minister Nixon must apologize for insults hurled at government staff “Imagine going to work every day when your boss insults you like that,” — AUPE Vice-President Curtis Jackson

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Workers Struggles: The Americas The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced a last-minute deal, shutting down a strike by 16,000 hospital staff, while more than 1,130 grocery workers at 11 New Seasons Markets have voted to s...

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The #Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced a last-minute deal, shutting down a strike by 16,000 hospital staff

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Screenshot from aupe website. It reads: Alberta Health Service, Primary Care Alberta, Assisted Living Alberta, Recovery Alberta and Allen Gray Continuing Care members: We have a tentative agreement. Please return to work as directed by management. We will share an update with details as soon as possible.

Well, that didn't take long.

"Your negotiating team reached a tentative agreement with AHS mere minutes before our strike was scheduled to begin."

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Update from UCP: www.alberta.ca/announcement...

#Alberta #abpoli #aupe

AUPEA AHS NURSING CARE PICKET LINES START 8:30 AM SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 2025!

Click on the 🔗 to find out where the nursing strike locations are.

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#Notwithstanding

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Alberta Health Services and AUPE hospital workers back at table with strike looming The AUPE said Alberta Health Services invited the union for licensed practical nurses and health-care aides back to the table for mediation on Thursday and Friday.

THOUSANDS of health-care workers in #Alberta will go on strike on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, #AUPE president #SandraAzocar announced on Wednesday

This is a fight the #UCP and #DanielleSmith by abusing our healthcare workers and healthcare system! By trying to DESTROY IT 🇨🇦
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Strike notice served by union representing Alberta nursing care staff | CBC News Alberta nursing-care staff will walk off the job this weekend, forcing the cancellation of some elective surgeries, after the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) served strike notice early We...

The reality of living in this dark, #UCP era in #Alberta.
“We’re aware of colleagues…going to food banks & struggling to make it from paycheque to paycheque."

“After almost 20 months of bargaining…the employer fell short of delivering what’s needed &…deserved," -Azocar

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#WeFight
#WeSpeakOut

4/6 At the heart of the impasse is a fight over fairness for Licensed Practical Nurses.

#AUPE argues #LPNs perform 84 per cent of the duties of #RegisteredNurses yet receive only about 60 per cent of the pay.

They are demanding that the paycheque match the responsibility.

#LPN #RN

Solidarity ✊

#AUPE members including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides voted 98% in favour of going on strike if the union & province can't reach an agreement.

98% of AUPE nursing care staff vote in favour of strike | CBC News Nursing care staff represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action in a vote this week.

Another important struggle by workers in Alberta. Mass defiance and a united fightback are essential. #AUPE
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Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote 98% in favor of striking ahead of mediation | Globalnews.ca About 16,000 Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, have voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary to back contract demands.

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Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote 98% in favor of striking ahead of mediation

#UCP #FireTheUCP #abpoli #ableg
#Alberta #FireSmith #FireTheUCP
#UCPCorruption #Canada #ResignSmith #strike #AUPE #LPN

3/8 #Horner claims #AUPE wants 40-55% raises, paying #LPNs "almost the same as registered nurses," who have more education/scope.

AUPE's lead negotiator, Kate #Robinson, fired back:

👉 LPNs scope is 84% of #RN duties, but they are paid only 67% of an RN wage. 👈

#PayEquity #AUPE

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🇨🇦 🚨 98% OF AUPE NURSING CARE STAFF VOTE IN FAVOUR OF STRIKE 🚨 🇨🇦

Michelle Bellefontaine (CBC) reports 16,000 nursing staff (mostly LPNs & HCAs) voted 98% for a strike.

AUPE's Sandra #Azocar says they are "fed up with stagnant wages and unsafe working conditions."

#AbLeg #AUPE #AbHealth

Copied & pasted: Please please read this and make yourself aware. - We continue to face stagnant wages, rising workloads, and a lack of recognition for the scope and skill our role demands.  Alberta nurses are divided into two groups: Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs). * We belong to two different unions, and have two different regulatory colleges. * RNs recently received a 20% raise (well deserved!).  LPNs received nothing. The outdated "3 B's" stereotype: There was a time when LPNs were dismissed as the "3 B's: Beds, Baths, and Bowels." Back then, we worked under RNs, reporting directly to them, with a very limited scope. Lower pay made sense... because our role was different. That's not the reality anymore.

The reality today: Walk into any hospital in Alberta and you'll find LPNs everywhere: • On med/surg, ER, oncology, NICU, OR, psychiatry, pediatrics, and more. • In charge nurse and management roles (Mostly in LTC). • Working independently at the bedside, often without an RN in sight of the patient for an entire 8- or 12-hour shift. Patients often can't even tell whether their nurse is an RN or LPN: because we provide the same level of care. In fact, LPNs now perform at least 84% of the scope of an RN. In many units, that number is higher. Yet we are still officially classified as "Auxiliary Nursing" a category that no longer reflects reality. The wage gap: Here's what our pay looks like today: • Step 1 LPN: $27.58/hr • Step 1 RN: $43.26/hr (+$1.25 degree

That's nearly a 40% difference, even though new grad RNs often rely on experienced LPNs to help mentor them and manage complex patients. And while a top-step LPN maxes out at $36.13/hr, a brand-new RN (fresh out of school) starts higher, at $44.51/hr (with degree pay). How is it fair that the nurse with less experience is valued more? Scope restrictions that make no sense • LPNs in the ER regularly stabilize critically ill patients on ventilators and pressors, but the second that patient transfers to ICU, we're not allowed to follow them across the threshold. • LPNs are "not supposed to" work in L&D, yet rural LPNs are delivering babies alongside their teams. The line between RN and LPN practice is blurry in real life...but the pay gap is crystal clear.

Roadblocks to growth: LPNs who want to bridge to RN face more barriers: • Most bridging programs take 3+ years. • Edmonton's bridging program has been closed indefinitely due to waitlist issues. • Athabasca students report taking up to 7 years to finish due to these waitlists • Very few spots exist in Red Deer, and they're highly competitive. It almost feels like the government doesn't want LPNs to bridge....because that would mean paying us RN wages. Where we stand: Right now, the offer on the table is just 7.5%. That doesn't reflect our workload, our scope, or our value. We are not "auxiliary." We are Alberta's nurses too. We deserve recognition, either with fair pay, or with a workload and legal responsibility that matches our wage. Enough is enough.

#Alberta lpns and hca just voted 98% to strike #aupe #lpn #wearehealthcare

See photos attached for the Lpn’s reason for yes … i’m sure hca’s have similar issues.

Sandra Azocar elected president of AUPE at annual convention The former AUPE VP also served as director of Friends of Medicare for close to a decade.

Sandra Azocar elected president of AUPE at annual convention #abpoli #aupe @djclimenhaga.bsky.social

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New from AUPE: starting tomorrow until November 3rd they'll be holding a strike vote.

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#Alberta #ableg #AUPE #yyc #yeg

#Alberta has always been a Labour Relations Hellhole, and the only workers who ever managed to crawl out stopped giving a f**k about what #Fascists consider "legal" The #ATA in 2025 needs to take a page from #AUPE in 1999: Get ready to SHUT IT ALL DOWN. #abpoli #canpoli #GeneralStrike #FucktheUCP

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Sandra Azocar elected president of AUPE at largest Alberta union’s annual convention - Alberta Politics Sandra Azocar, who started working for the Alberta Government as a child protection worker in 1987, has been elected president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. The 59-year-old Chilean-bor...

Sandra Azocar elected president of AUPE at largest Alberta union’s annual convention. UPDATED with quotes from Ms. Azocar. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/sand... #abpol #ableg #AUPE

Sandra Azocar elected president of AUPE at largest Alberta union’s annual convention - Alberta Politics Sandra Azocar, who started working for the Alberta Government as a child protection worker in 1987, has been elected president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. The Chilean-born union acti...

Sandra Azocar elected president of AUPE at largest Alberta union’s annual convention. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/sand... #abpol #ableg #AUPE

Congratulations to Sandra Azocar & the entire newly elected @aupe.org Executive Committee! 👏

Thank you to every member who put their name forward to lead western Canada’s largest union.

We look forward to working together on what matters most to AB workers. 💪

#AUPE #ABLeg #Solidarity #ABLabour

The #UCP hasn’t responded to the latest #ATA offer.

Instead, Dani will push through legislation, & force #teachers back to work.

Plot twist: 10s of 1000s of #AUPE workers may join the strike & tip the scales, making it one of the biggest #LabourMovements in 🇨🇦.

#GeneralStrike
#NuclearOption

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From the AUPE website today, nurses are holding a strike vote soon.

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Town of Coaldale employees to strike as of Saturday The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) says its members, who are employed by the Town of Coaldale, a...

Town of Coaldale employees to strike as of Saturday. #YQL #LNN #Coaldale #AUPE

Strike averted as Alberta government workers approve mediated deal | CBC News A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 civil servants and the Alberta government, averting a strike that could've happened as soon as next week.

Strike averted as Alberta government workers approve mediated deal
Deal passed with about 63% of voting AUPE members in support
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Strike averted: 23K Alberta civil servants get new contract via mediated deal A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 Alberta government workers represented by AUPE and the province, averting a strike that could’ve happened as soon as next week.