According to internal AHS documents, the public healthcare provider plans to increase its use of hallway beds for hospital patients in the Calgary area.
According to internal AHS documents, the public healthcare provider plans to increase its use of hallway beds for hospital patients in the Calgary area.
The 165 workers voted to unionize over two years ago. They finally voted on a mediated contract in April after months of stalled negotiations.
The employer is reducing work time to 42 minutes for every hour these health care aides used to work.
Unlike firefighters, cops, corrections officers, and even emergency dispatchers, nurses must provide proof that PTSD came from specific incidents at work to receive WCB benefits.
Lethbridge had 28 more physicians in the first quarter of 2024 than it had at the same time last year, but it still has fewer than it did at the end of 2019.
The workplace was unionized about 6 months ago, and the workers are trying to negotiate a new contract.
One community lost its ER for over 300 hours, 1 lost theirs for over 200 hours, and 2 others lost theirs for over 100 hours.
The 14 workers are employed at an aging-in-place facility in the city’s northwest.
If their application is approved by the ALRB, nearly 200 workers will be able to vote on whether to join a union.
However, when adjusted for inflation, it workers out to be a 10.4% wage cut.