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UNA negotiates with Touchmark at Wedgewood

By United Nurses of Alberta January 13, 2015 08:57 (Last updated January 13, 2015 15:56)
Members of the United Nurses of Alberta Local 118 Negotiations Committee bargaining with Touchmark at Wedgewood. Left to right: Carmen Mahon (Local 118), Marites Banaag (Local 118), Steven Johnson (Provincial Negotiations Committee), Francia Delacruz (Local 118), and Jeannine Arbour (UNA Labour Relations Officer).

Representatives from United Nurses of Alberta Local 118 at Touchmark at Wedgewood in Edmonton will start negotiations today for a new collective agreement with their employer, Touchmark.

Bargaining is scheduled to take place in Edmonton on Jan. 13 and 14, 2015.

The previous collective agreement for Local 118 expired on March 31, 2013. The current contract will continue until a new collective agreement is reached.

Local 118 also represents UNA members employed with Capital Care-Edmonton. Negotiations with that employer began on October 27 and 28, 2014 and are scheduled to continue on Feb. 2 and 3, 2015.

UNA provides a wide range of services to its members. A key role is negotiating the excellent collective agreements that regulate salaries, benefits, schedules and working conditions of members. UNA also administers its agreements to resolve disputes, improve working conditions and protect nurses’ workplace rights.

United Nurses of Alberta is the union for more than 30,000 Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses and allied workers in Alberta.

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