healthcare workers

In cahoots

Apr 25, 2018

AUPE teams up with other healthcare unions for 'Save our Backs' campaign

AUPE, the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) and the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) are campaigning to update Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Code.

Columnists

Oct 6, 2014

The perils and prospects of Nova Scotia's anti-labour health bill

Ralph Surette

The uproar is about a bill to merge nine regional health authorities into one and streamline their union structure, but it's bigger than that, reaching into the core of Nova Scotian malaise.

News

Sep 30, 2014

Nova Scotia health-care workers call new legislation a direct attack on unions

Robert Devet

Over 600 health-care workers went to Province House in Nova Scotia to show how angry they are at the proposed anti-union legislation, and to call for Premier McNeil's resignation.

Blog

Sep 30, 2014

McNeil government sets its sights on organized labour in Nova Scotia

Stephen Kimber

Despite Premier Stephen McNeil's assurance he is "not at all going to war with organized labour," his government's actions tell another story.

Photos

Sep 29, 2014

Nova Scotia unions protest new legislation that dictates union membership

Robert Devet

New legislation in Nova Scotia will merge nine district health authorities in the province into two, and reduce the number of collective agreements with health-care units to just four.

News

Sep 29, 2014

New legislation will impose specific unions on health-care workers in Nova Scotia

Robert Devet

This Monday, Nova Scotia's Health Minister Leo Glavine will introduce legislation that dictates to health-care workers which union they must belong to.

Blog

May 27, 2009

Bike for Africa aims to raise $100,000 to help Malawi healthcare workers

John Bonnar

“For us cycling is an issue of recreation and transportation,” said Mike Brcic. “In other parts of the world a bike can mean the difference between life and death.”