The Alberta Worker
Despite this being the largest combined increase the nurses have received in years, it’ll still fall short of the gap between wages and inflation caused by 5 years of wage freezes and 4 years of increases under 2%.
United Nurses of Alberta just held their annual general meeting, and they made it clear that they want the government to be serious in contract negotiations next year.
Alberta nurses have been getting the short end of the stick for years. And it’s not all the UCP’s fault.
AHS recently reduced hospital surgical, emergency, and acute care services in 5 communities in northern and central Alberta because of physician and nursing shortages.