Edmonton area members! Our working conditions are Alberta’s care conditions. Come rally in solidarity with AUPE President Guy Smith and Local 040 PE Rep Beverley Hill: TOMORROW, August 28 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital, Edmonton aupe.formstack.com/forms/stjoseph…

“The public has been offered no information to suggest that any of these reckless changes will improve our health care system, and not simply drive more urgently needed workers out. Albertans should be extremely concerned,” says FOM ED, Chris Gallaway. friendsofmedicare.org/transferring_h…

Our latest op-ed in the Toronto Star has a clear message: #TaxTheRich! Show your support for a wealth tax here: bit.ly/C4TFtaxtherich

The battle is never over, it only changes shape. Join the Teamsters and labour activists tomorrow at 11:00 and tell the Liberals that workers rights are non negotiable! We have to fight to ensure that safety and respect isn't up to an arbitrator to decide... #solidarity

Meet the hereditary chief who Amnesty International calls Canada’s first prisoner of conscience — The Wet’suwet’en chief is under house arrest for resisting a pipeline on his territory. Brandi Morin reports from #Wetsuweten territory: ricochet.media/uncategorized/…

And AHS' board has since been completely replaced by UCP appointees. Any since failure is 100% in the hands of political leaders who've refused to hear front-line health care workers' ongoing calls for support amid—& this bears repeating—the biggest health crisis in generations.

It's the same old playbook: starve the public system to point of collapse, then blow it up & sell off the pieces. But Alberta deserves better than chaos, privatization & short-staffing. Further disrupting our hospital care will just make things worse. edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-premie…

Solidarity forever! Our ED Bradley Lafortune is proud to stand with the Teamsters!

August 31 is Overdose Awareness Day, after yet another record-breaking year. Each of AB's 2,096 drug poisoning deaths in 2023 was a policy failure. We urgently need to change course to save lives & provide the full spectrum of care Albertans need. 1/ friendsofmedicare.org/overdose_aware…

We are calling on the government to broaden its scope for addiction care to include the whole spectrum of evidence-based treatment options, end the patchwork of harm reduction health services, and treat addictions care as health care. #abhealth #ableg hsaa.ca/2024/08/29/hsa…

"...When families and communities gather this weekend, they’ll have to mourn their losses knowing that each of these deaths would have been avoidable with proper access to community supports and harm reduction services.” Chris Galloway, ED Friends of Medicare

“Using AHS as a scapegoat for our government’s own failings in health care is an age-old strategy here in Alberta, but Danielle Smith has turned it into a political obsession designed to rally her base against our public health care": FOM's Chris Gallaway stalbertgazette.com/health/doctors…

CBI: We’re getting an independent arbitrator to review our night shift premiums, but we need to hear about your experiences first! Check your email inboxes for the important survey link and complete the survey by September 20. aupe.org/news/news-and-…

Possibly the biggest rollback of public health insurance in Canadian history gets underway in Alberta with barely a peep of protest. albertapolitics.ca/2024/08/possib… #ableg #abpoli #abhealth

#ICYMI ATA President Jason Schilling is worried about the lack of funding for Alberta’s public education system. You should be too. Read his plea for a long-term solution and how you can help bring about change. calgaryherald.com/opinion/column… #abed #ableg #publiceducation #teachers

Danielle Smith's plan to introduce "competition" to the health care system will not improve services nor attract new staff. What do you think the government should do to improve public health care? aupe.org/news/news-and-…