Jon Horsman also briefly ran in the 2022 UCP leadership race.
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Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
And that’s on top of their recent attempts to whittle down worker pensions.
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Extendicare workers to vote on new contract
The most recent collective agreement for these workers expired at the end of 2017, over 5 years ago.
Unfortunately, Alberta’s population grew by nearly 4% over the last year.
Another community lost ambulatory care 5 times.
Plus, they want to lower the starting wages of some of their workers.
Lethbridge doctors are responsible for 82 more people than they were 3 years ago.
Between the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, Alberta lost 275 physician registration, the largest decline since at least 2016.
The 85 workers are employed with a company that manufactures plastic products.
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Is the UCP recovery-based approach working?
For the last 3 years, Alberta’s government has said that they’re focusing on a recovery-based approach to deal with the drug crisis. But is it making a difference?