Latest posts tagged with #ABnurses on Bluesky
Alberta #MEDsky The #AISH community needs your support! Let Jason Nixon & Danielle Smith know how the unnecessary AISH changes and extra admin duties are affecting your work. Your voice matters! 💬
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I love this guy's voice. What a great video. He said it's a love letter to nurses.
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7/8
Despite progress, Smith acknowledges limitations: "This contract alone is not going to address the issues that make the workplaces unsatisfactory.
That's a much bigger piece of work." She hopes for "stability, respect, and the ability to rebuild our health-care system."
#ABnurses #Healthcare
6/8
"The issues around short staffing, understaffing, overcapacity are plagues within the health-care system, primarily because of the starvation of resources that our public health-care system has been experiencing," Smith explained about systemic challenges.
#ABnurses #PublicHealth
5/8
These measures arrive at a crucial time. A recent Montreal Economic Institute report revealed a troubling exodus:
47.7% of Alberta nurses under 35 were quitting their jobs, leaving remaining staff overwhelmed with excessive shifts and burnout.
#ABnurses #HealthcareWorkers #ABpoli #Retention
4/8
Rural health care receives particular attention with $22.5 million per year dedicated to recruit and retain nurses in underserved areas.
The agreement also mandates employers hire 1,000 new nursing graduates annually—a direct response to critical staffing shortages.
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3/8
The breakthrough comes after nurses rejected previous recommendations in October 2024.
Beyond wages, the agreement addresses staffing shortages, rural health care, and job security amid the government's controversial restructuring of public health services.
#ABnurses #PublicHealth #Labour
2/8
"This round of bargaining has been all about the three R's. First and foremost, respect, secondly, retention and recruitment," said United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith. "We think that this tentative agreement ticks off all of those boxes."
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1/8 👩⚕️AB NURSES SECURE DEAL👩⚕️
Alberta's nurses reached a tentative 4 year agreement after six weeks of mediation.
The deal includes an immediate 15% wage increase for registered nurses & registered psychiatric nurses, addressing critical retention issues.
#ABnurses #Healthcare #ABhealth
What a beautiful day to stand with @albertanurses.bsky.social! Thousands of #AbNurses across the prov & supporters basked in the warmth of ☀️ & #Solidarity to commemorate the 1988 nurses’ strike & to demonstrate the power of public servants. ✊💪
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So there's this thing taking place in Canmore and Banff coming up.
No need to go. Everything is fine with the healthcare system. Nurses already have my respect. I posted a tweet about it a few months back or something.
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