Mandate:
CUPE Alberta sectoral committees exist to co-ordinate activities of CUPE locals within the same area of the public service. The Health Employees' Committee works to plan bargaining strategy, public relations campaigns and government lobby efforts, as well as acting as an avenue for locals to keep each other informed of their activities.
Members:
Maxine Copeland - National Representative
American consumer and health care advocate Ralph Nader will be the keynote speaker for a conference about Alberta's health care system.
The union representing over 7,000 senior’s care employees slammed today’s provincial budget for continuing to ignore the crisis in long term care.
EDMONTON – A survey of 561 CUPE members employed by long term care and residential care facilities in Alberta shows little improvement in the conditions of the province’s seniors’ facilities.
EDMONTON – The release of figures showing a tripling of the number of people waiting for long term care since 2006 shows the need for the Alberta government to keep its election promise to build 600 new long term care beds.
EDMONTON – More than 2,600 people have signed postcards calling on Premier Ed Stelmach to honour his election promise to build 600 new long-term care beds in Alberta.
By Diana Gibson, Parkland Institute Reprinted from the Edmonton Journal
CALGARY -- CUPE Local 8 (Calgary area long term care facilities) has launched a postcard campaign asking Premier Ed Stelmach to keep an election promise to build 600 new long term care beds.
Stelmach government's refusal to build more long term care beds is causing a crisis in seniors' care.
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EDMONTON -- Over 300 paramedics, health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of the Alberta Legislature today to protest action by the Conservative government which would force them into a different union and would gut the pension plan of paramedics.
EDMONTON – Paramedics, health care workers and their supporters will hold a rally at the Alberta Legislature today to protest the Conservative Government’s decision to deny them membership in their union of choice, and to gut the Paramedics’ pension plan.
EDMONTON – Over 2,800 health care workers lost the right to be represented by the union of their choice today as Minister of Labour Hector Goudreau announced details of how health care restructuring will impact employees.
CALGARY – New appointments to the board of Alberta Health Services that come from the US, other provinces, and the private insurance sector are a bad sign for the state of health care.