2024 AGM and Elections Information

Our fall Annual General Meeting will be held virtually November 27, 2024 from 1900-2030h as per notice provided in the October 2024 AUNP Newsletter. We recognize our last Annual General Meeting was in February 2024. The AUNP Board of Directors approved AUNP fiscal year as September 30, which has some financial advantages.  Forthgoing, AUNP AGMs will be held annually in the late fall. The Agenda for the Annual General Meeting and election information is included below.

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October 2024 AUNP Update

Hello fellow AUNP NPs! 

We hope that you’re enjoying the fall season so far and hope you had a great Thanksgiving. 

Here’s what your board has been up to over the past month.

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Spring/Summer 2024 AUNP update

Spring/Summer 2024 AUNP update  

Hello fellow AUNP NPs! 

We hope this update finds you all doing well and looking forward to warmer weather!  

Here’s an update on what your board has been working on. 

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Upcoming PHA Legislation

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As you may already be aware, the Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has recently announced that the legislation be tabled today to change the Regional Health Authorities Act to create 4 new Provincial Health Agencies (PHAs) which will be new employers who will oversee services delivered under Primary Care, Acute Care, Continuing Care and the Mental Health and Addictions. 

While we know that Recovery Alberta will be the employer for Mental Health and Addictions, we understand that Alberta Health Services will remain the employer for the Acute Care PHA. All bargaining agents have been notified that this change is not intended to affect the existing collective bargaining agreements in place, as well as there not being any lay-offs and rehiring of existing employees; no decrease in jobs; no decrease in pay or benefits; no enabling of privatization; and no decrease in union representation. 

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January 2023 Member Update

Greetings to all AUNP members and fellow NP colleagues:

The AUNP Bargaining Committee continues to forge ahead with collective bargaining, working aggressively to complete and sign off on numerous articles of our Collective Bargaining Agreement. We have made remarkable progress in recent weeks, including ensuring that current NP pension and benefits are protected, and finalizing many other articles concerning vacancies, appointments, transfers, information sharing, and the Northern Incentive Program.  

Although much of this progress is the fruit of considerable effort and time working through the issues, the recent participation of the mutually selected mediator has built and maintained considerable momentum. The mediator has clearly shifted the focus away from positional stances and towards solutions that benefit everyone involved. AUNP, the Employers, and the mediator have demonstrated a shared desire to finish the bargaining process quickly, and as a result, discussions between AUNP and the Employers have advanced considerably.  And through it all, behind the scenes, AUNP continues to apply pressure through our lobbying efforts in order to reach the best possible deal for Alberta NPs.

Outside of bargaining, the AUNP Board has been addressing NP concerns such as inequitable scheduling practices and the exclusion of NP voices from critical decision making. Whether the issues you face are big or small, individual or systemic, AUNP is here to listen to your concerns and to support you through them. To discuss and address any such concerns, please reach out to your AUNP Site or District Representative. Your stories and feedback have already had a positive impact on many decisions at the bargaining table. 

NPs saw various interim changes to our salaries in the month of December, including the 1% lump sum payout for 2021 and the salary band reassignments which went into effect on December 28th. For any NPs who have encountered one or more issues with these changes there is a mechanism set up to address any compensation band discrepancies or missing lump sum payments. Please email [email protected] directly with your concerns so that we can advance them to the employers.

It has been a great pleasure to receive letters of support – 40 so far and counting! – from our physician colleagues, including this wonderful quote from the PICU team at Alberta Children’s Hospital.

“NPs contribute significantly to organizational programs (e.g. pediatric residency program, PICU nursing, Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team, ACH PICU Research Program) through quality improvement, leadership, research and educational contributions. Our NPs currently provide clinical support…that is imperative to the function of the PICU…”.

This letter was signed by ten PICU physicians! And it is only one example of the support you are all receiving because of your professionalism and hard work. We are incredibly proud to be your partner and your voice in collective bargaining.

In closing, the AUNP Board and Bargaining Committee remain incredibly grateful to NPs across the province for your patience and support throughout this long and intricate first-certificate bargaining process. Our sincere thanks to all of you as we enter the final stretch – the end is in sight!

Anne Summach, President

Lesley Lapierre, Vice President and Bargaining Committee Chair

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Media Event

Media Event October 26 at 10:00am at the Legislature in Edmonton

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September 2022 Update

Your September 2022 Update

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August Benefit Increase 2

You AUNP Update on Benefit Increases!

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August Benefits Increase

Your AUNP Update on Benefit Increases!

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August Wage Freeze

A AUNP Update on Wage Freezes

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