United Nurses of Alberta Host Rally to Support Workers

United Nurses of Alberta Host Rally to Support Workers

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Local members of the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) hosted a rally in Vegreville on Feb. 13. Around 20 people marched to Fort Saskatchewan- Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk’s office. The event was to show support for health care and all the front-line workers who are facing the possibility of layoffs or rollbacks of contract provisions. The rally was one of 33 throughout 25 communities in Alberta that day.

According to the UNA, as many as 750 RNs and RPN’s could be laid off in the next year by downsizing planned by Alberta Health Services. Formal bargaining for UNA’s Provincial Collective Agreement began on Jan. 15. The

UNA represents more than 30,000 Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses and allied health care workers and public, not-for-profit and for-profit health care and seniors’ care facilities throughout Alberta.