UNA’s Communications Department is currently recruiting UNA members to participate in upcoming photoshoots and video interview sessions for the union’s Nurses Week campaign and ongoing 3Rs campaign.
The photos will be used in UNA ads and promotional material. The videos interviews, in which we will ask members questions about their past and current experiences in nursing, will be used on UNA’s social media as part of the Behind the Frontlines video series.
There will be video interview session in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 16 (dates for an Edmonton photoshoot will be announced soon)
If you are interested in participating in the Edmonton video interview session on April 16 please contact Camelia Guthrie at camelia.guthrie@una.ca.
The Local newsletter was sent via MailChimp with updated member contact information from Provincial UNA Office. It was sent to personal email addresses only. If you did not receive our newsletter, please update your contact information in UNA’s DMS system and email local196exec@una.ca to be added to our subscribers list. You don’t want to miss out!
Click HERE for the new spotlight on Domestic Violence at Work. This spotlight and previous spotlights are also located under the A&E tab on this website.
A video on Domestic Violence in the Workplace was created by participants of the 2024 AFL Winter School. Click HERE.
I know we have lots of creative and talented members in our local! If you have any ideas, or would like to participate in creating a project, contact me at rscheffelmiar@una.ca. I would love to submit entries that highlight the diversity of nursing experiences in our local! See below for more information of this year’s engagement challenge.
To recognize the work of UNA Locals during Nurses Week, which is May 7-12 this year, UNA is inviting locals to submit examples of member engagement efforts created and used during that week.
The theme of this year’s challenge is safe staffing and sticking together. Locals are encouraged to enter submissions that follow that theme.
Entries will be accepted from or on behalf of locals in five categories divided by local membership size:
1: Best poster 2: Best photo 3: Best online meme 4: Best online video 5: Most creative engagement idea
Locals may submit multiple submissions in each category.
Winners and individual members will be presented with a special award certificate and have their submissions shown at the UNA Annual General Meeting in October 2024.
Locals are encouraged to recognize the members who participated in the creation of their submissions.
Submissions must be sent to nursesweek@una.ca by 23:59 on Friday, May 17. The winners will be announced after that.
Important update from United Nurses of Alberta’s Negotiations Committee.
February 28, 2024
▶The UNA Negotiating Committee has agreed to cancel the upcoming bargaining dates scheduled tor March 5, 6 and 7 due to unexpected personal needs for members of the Employer team. ▶Both the UNA Negotiating Committee and the Employers understand the importance of these discussions. Both teams are committed to seek alternative date for the cancelled discussions. ▶Next scheduled bargaining dates are March 19, 20 and 21, 2024.
United Nurses of Alberta, Local 196 
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