Bargaining Update
April 2012
In the past year, we have gone through a difficult and stressful round of bargaining with Alberta Health Services. Through it all, we have not wavered and we’ve been successful in getting AHS and the general public aware of just how important General Support Services employees are. Be proud of what we’ve accomplished.
Collectively, we’ve achieved a negotiated tentative agreement that addresses many concerns you’ve raised. The bargaining team is recommending ratification of the tentative agreement.
The tentative 3-year agreement, retroactive to April 1, 2011, includes:
- a wage increase of 9 per cent, 3 per cent each year for the life of the contract
- shift and weekend premium rates equal to other AHS union contracts by 2013
- increase to the health spending account to $600, becomes flex in January 2013
- supplemental vacation equal to other union contracts with AHS
- two super-stats, Christmas Day and August civic holiday
- market adjustments for therapy assistants
The union achieved satisfactory improvements to hours of work, stat holidays, layoff and recall language, part time definitions and classifications as well.
This is only a short summary of some key terms. You can find the full tentative agreement at www.aupe.org
A full summary, including a ballot has been mailed to each member.
Any member who has not received their ballot by Monday, April 2 can contact AUPE headquarters to receive a replacement ballot to vote on the tentative agreement reached between the locals and Alberta Health Services.
Your ballot is not considered missing until April 2. If you send in an affirmation before that time, it will be deleted. Affirmations will only be accepted after April 2. You can find the affirmation document at www.aupe.org
Ballots were mailed out to members in the third week of March, and must be returned to AUPE headquarters by April 19. The ballots will be counted April 20.
AHS GSS ballots mailing today; missing ballot instructions
Posted March 20, 2012 in Health Care, GSS and tagged with gss
Mailing of ballots to members of Locals 054, 056, 057, 058, and 095 begins today, Tuesday Mar. 20. Any member who has not received their ballot by Monday, April 2 can contact AUPE headquarters to receive a replacement ballot to vote on the tentative agreement reached between the locals and Alberta Health Services.
Your ballot is not considered missing until April 2. If you send in an affirmation before that time, it will be deleted. Affirmations will only be accepted after April 2.
Members can print off an affirmation and submit it as per the included instructions to receive their ballot, or they can contact Prisca Ho at (780) 930-3310 or p.ho@aupe.org.
Members are requested to wait until the morning of April 3 to contact the office, to give the ballot package enough time to arrive in the mail.
Ballots were mailed out to members in the third week of March, and must be returned to AUPE headquarters by April 19. The ballots will be counted April 20.
January 3, 2012
Local 54 members voted on the mediators report in early December. Locals throughout the province are in process of completing balloting. All ballots from across the province will be counted on January 17, 2012.
A bargaining update will follow promptly, please check back to this site, or the AUPE website @ www.aupe.org
Contact Info
Local 54
Tonya Malo 780-504-2110 tonyamalo@telus.net
Willis Pollett 780-722-5235 jamwill@shaw.ca
Kevin Davediuk – Staff Negotiator k.davediuk@aupe.org
780-930-3300
