Friends of Medicare is in full support of the striking nurses of UNA Local 417 at Devonshire Care Centre in Edmonton. The nurses are employed by Park Place Seniors’ Living, the private, for-profit, corporation that runs the home. The home’s operations are funded by Alberta Health Services, but the nurses are paid well below the industry standard in wages and benefits.
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Friends of Medicare is in full support of the striking nurses of UNA Local 417 at Devonshire Care Centre in Edmonton. The nurses are employed by Park Place Seniors’ Living, the private, for-profit, corporation that runs the home. The home’s operations are funded by Alberta Health Services, but the nurses are paid well below the industry standard in wages and benefits.
A similar situation exists at Monterey Place seniors' home in Calgary, where nursing and support staff of AUPE Local 48 have been locked out by their private, for-profit employer for 198 days.
The nurses are on the picket line in front of Devonshire Care Centre at 1808 Rabbit Hill Road in Edmonton from Monday to Friday, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Join them to show your support!
The AUPE workers are picketing in front of Monterey Place at 4288 Catalina Blvd NE in Calgary from Monday to Saturday, 6:30 am to 10:00 am and 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, and Sunday, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
For more information on the UNA strike, visit www.una.ab.ca, and for the AUPE lockout, visit www.aupe.org.
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 Friends of Medicare Executive Director Sandra Azocar supporting a United Nurses of Alberta information picket in front of Alberta Health Services’ headquarters on January 4, 2013.
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