UNA Annual General Meeting 2011
October 25, 26, and 27 in Edmonton

2011-AGMLogo-4C.pngThe United Nurses of Alberta is holding its Annual General Meeting on October 25, 26, and 27 at the Edmonton Expo Centre. Over the three days, hundreds of nurses from across Alberta will be attending the annual meeting to discuss the future of the Union and elect UNA's Executive Officers and District Representatives.

This year, over 700 AGM delegates will hear dynamic speeches from a wide-variety of speakers and have the opportunity to participate in panel discussions about the future of the Labour Movement in Alberta and the need to reform our province's broken revenue system.

The following people will speaking or bringing greetings on behalf of their organizations:

Day 1
Maureen McTeer, member and Co-chair of the Canadian Nurses Association National Expert Commission on Health Care

Panel Discussion - "Show me the money!" Reforming Alberta's revenue system
Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour
Kevin Taft, MLA for Edmonton-Riverview
Moderator: Paul McLoughlin

Day 2
Amanda Freistadt, Canadian Labour Congress Regional Representative
Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
David Eggen, Executive Director of Friends of Medicare
Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of Parkland Institute

Panel Discussion - Do Unions matter? The importance of the Labour movement in Alberta
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer for the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Moderator: Sheila Pratt

Day 3
Steve Robbins, motivational speaker on "Why we love our comfort zones"
Winston Gereluk from the Alberta Labour History Institute will talk about the plans to celebrate the AFL's 100th anniversary in 2012.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.