The United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), are currently negotiating a new contract with Alberta Health Services and have been presented with a series of outrageous and devastating demands for concessions from the employer, including a retroactive pay rollback of three percent.
Our friends, sisters and brothers in UNA are standing strong in the face of this unprecedented attack and have called for a Day of Action on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, to show their strength and solidarity and demonstrate through rallies and information pickets that they will not be intimidated by Jason Kenney and the UCP.
CUPE Alberta is supporting this Day of Action and we are asking local unions in the province to promote these important events to their members and encourage them to attend if they are able. A list of actions across Alberta with times and locations are shown below.
Jason Kenney and the UCP are attacking the public sector at all levels in our province, and we need to come together to fight back and protect the people we serve each and every day.
CALGARY
Local 1 (Peter Lougheed Centre)
When: August 11 from 1400 to 1600
Where: Outside the Peter Lougheed Centre (3500 26 Ave NE, Calgary) on 26th Avenue outside of the Emergency Department.
Contact: local1exec@una.ca
Local 115 (Foothills Medical Centre)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1330
Where: Outside the Foothills Medical Centre (1403 29 St NW, Calgary) along 29 Street.
Contact: Kevin Champagne at local115exec@una.ca
Local 121 (Rockyview General Hospital)
When: August 11 from 1100 to 1300
Where: Outside the Rockyview General Hospital (7007 14 St SW, Calgary) on the green space along 14 Street.
Contact: Marie Aitken at maitken@una.ca
Local 415 (South Health Campus)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1330
Where: Outside of South Health Campus
Contact: local415exec@una.ca
EDMONTON
Local 11 (Misericordia Community Hospital)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1300
Where: Outside the Misercordia Community Hospital (16940 87 Ave NW, Edmonton)
Contact: local11exec@una.ca
Local 33 (Royal Alexandra Hospital)
When: August 11 from 1000 to 1400, speakers at 1200
Where: Outside the Royal Alexandra Hospital (10240 Kingsway NW, Edmonton) along Kingsway Avenue.
Contact: Lonee Rousseau at lrousseau@una.ca
Local 79 (Grey Nuns Community Hospital)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1330
Where: Outside the Grey Nuns Community Hospital (1100 Youville Drive NW, Edmonton)
Contact: local79exec@una.ca
Local 183 (Alberta Hospital Edmonton)
When: August 11 from 1200 to 1600
Where: Outside of Alberta Hospital Edmonton (17480 Fort Rd NW, Edmonton)
Contact: local183exec@una.ca
Local 301 (University Hospital, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute)
When: August 11 from 1100 to 1500
Where: Outside the University of Alberta Hospital (8440 112 St NW, Edmonton) along 112 Street.
Contact: local301exec@una.ca
FORT MCMURRAY
Local 96 (Northern Lights Regional Health Center)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1300
Where: Outside of the Northern Lights Regional Health Center on 7 Hospital Street in Fort McMurray, from there they will be marching down Franklin Ave to MLA Tany Yao’s constituency office.
Contact: local96exec@una.ca
HIGH LEVEL
Local 162 (Northwestern Regional Health Authority – High Level (Community Nurses)/Fort Vermillion-High Level)
When: August 11 from 800 to 1630
Where: In front of the Northwest Health Centre (11202 100 Ave, High Level)
Contact: Robyn Dwyer at 780-841-3228
HIGH PRAIRIE
Local 17 (High Prairie Health Complex)
When: August 11 from 1100 to 1300
Where: The south side of the High Prairie Health Complex (5101 38 St, High Prairie)
Contact: Jan Robinson at 780-523-0765 or Rudy Valenzuela at 780-6050705
LETHBRIDGE
Local 120 (Chinook Regional Hospital)
When: August 11 from 1100 to 1300
Where: Outside the Chinook Regional Hospital (960 19 St S, Lethbridge) along 17 Street South
Contact: local120exec@una.ca
MEDICINE HAT
Local 70 (Medicine Hat Regional Hospital)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1330
Where: Along 6th Street outside the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital (666 5 St SW, Medicine Hat)
Contact: local70exec@una.ca
RED DEER
Local 2 (Red Deer Health Centre/Extendicare Michener) and Local 218 (Central Zone Community)
When: August 11 from 1130 to 1330
Where: Outside the Red Deer Regional hospital (3942 50a Ave, Red Deer)
Contact: local2exec@una.ca
ST. PAUL
Local 24 (St. Paul Health Centre)
When: August 11 from 1400 to 1800
Where: Outside the hospital (4713 48 Ave, St. Paul) and along main street in St. Paul.
Contact: Jillian Loe at 780-227-0313 or jillianloe@hotmail.ca
STONY PLAIN
Local 92 (WestView Health Centre)
When: August 11 from 800 to 1330
Where: Outside the WestView Health Centre (4405 S Park Dr, Stony Plain)
Contact: Heidi Kushnerek at hkushnerek@una.ca
PONOKA
Local 31 (Ponoka Hospital & Care Centre) and Local 222 (Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury)
When: August 11 at 1600
Where: Park located across from the Rising Sun Clubhouse in Ponoka (5216 50 Street)
Contact: local31exec@una.ca
WESTLOCK
Local 73 (Westlock Health Care Centre and Westlock Continuing Care Centre)
When: August 10 starting at 1000
Where: Outside the east side of the Westlock Health Care Centre (10220 93 St, Westlock)
Contact: local73exec@una.ca
WHITECOURT
Local 149 (Whitecourt Healthcare Centre/Whitecourt Community)
When: August 11 from 1200 to 1400 and 1600 to 1800
Where: On the corner of Highway 43 and Hospital Road in Whitecourt.
Contact: local149exec@una.ca
