UNA Local 196 will be holding a Local General Meeting on March 14, 2018 at Fantasyland Hotel, West Edmonton Mall located at 17700 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB.

Dinner: 1730h

Meeting: 1800h

Meeting is open to all Local 196 members.

Please register for the meeting via DMS.

Elections will be held for the following positions:

1 PRC Committee Member

Polling hours at meeting from 1800h to 1930h.

Deadline for nominations is March 7, 2018 @ 1630. Nomination forms can be downloaded under the ‘Resources’ tab.

Forms must be submitted via fax @ 780-493-8579 or via email to local196exec@una.ab.ca.

Originally Posted by una.ab.ca on February 16, 2018 at 11:08

Original Post from una.ab.ca

By United Nurses of Alberta

“Eligible members of the United Nurses of Alberta overwhelmingly ratified a new Provincial Collective Agreement in worksite voting throughout the province yesterday.

Voting by secret ballot on the groundbreaking agreement, which provides job security for nurses and an effective mechanism for dealing with concerns of patient care, took place at UNA worksites across Alberta throughout the day yesterday. Ballots were tallied at UNA’s Provincial Office in Edmonton this morning.

Close to 90 per cent of UNA members participating in the vote indicated they are in favour of ratifying the agreement, and more than 98 per cent of UNA’s locals ratified the new contract.

The new agreement covers all Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses employed by Alberta Health Services, Covenant Health, Lamont Health Centre and The Bethany Group (Camrose), numbering close 28,000 nurses in all.

The three-year agreement contains no wage increases in the first two years, but includes a provision to renegotiate wages in the third year. The agreement also includes stronger job-security and Professional Responsibility language and many other important language improvements.

“This agreement recognizes the reality of the economic climate of the province and provides strong employment protection for nurses,” said UNA President Heather Smith after the ratification vote results were tabulated.

The agreement was earlier recommended by the UNA Bargaining Committee and by the more than 600 delegates from all affected locals at a day-long Reporting Meeting in Calgary on January 25. The delegates at the Reporting Meeting considered the tentative agreement, which reached through a combination of collective bargaining and mediation, in detail throughout that day.

The effective period of the agreement is April 1, 2017, to the end of March 2020.

To ensure job security, the agreement includes a very strongly worded Letter of Understanding stating there will be no involuntary layoffs of RNs or RPNs or involuntary reductions in their hours of work for the life of the agreement.

New and stronger Professional Responsibility Concern (PRC) language in the contract includes an external Independent Assessment Committee that can make recommendations to help resolve disputes over patient and Employee safety, as well as the ability to proceed to binding arbitration if the committee’s agreed-upon non-binding recommendations are rescinded or not implemented at any stage in the process.

Other important provisions include limits on the cycle of shift schedules to 12 weeks; improvements in language affecting leaves for maternity and adoption, critical illness of family members, disappearance of a child, domestic violence, union duties, and citizenship ceremonies; payment in lieu of named holidays; and on-call work for casual employees. The agreement also includes clearer definitions of “evening” and “night” shifts and many other technical improvements and clarifications.

UNA expects the agreement to be ratified by the AHS Board later today.”

Originally Posted by una.ab.ca on February 14, 2018 11:45

“A phone message from United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith was broadcast yesterday to all UNA members employed by Alberta Health Services, Covenant Health, Lamont Health Centre and Bethany Care (Camrose).

The message is a reminder to members about the ratification vote for a proposed provincial collective agreement on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018.

Members can find more information about the tentative agreement and mediator’s recommendations on the UNA website. Members should contact their UNA Local executive for details about where voting stations will be located at their worksites on Feb. 15, 2018.”

Listen to the message from Heather Smith

Registration closes tonight!

Local 196 is pleased to welcome

Ms. Violetta Ambrozuk, RN, and

Dr. Michael Smylie, MD

for our February 12, 2018 Education Dinner.

We are pleased to have a member from Local 196, Violetta, speak about her journey beating skin cancer along with her oncologist, Dr. Smylie.

Ms. Violetta Ambrozuk is a Registered Nurse and a member of Local 196. In 2009, she was diagnosed with melanoma while in her last year of nursing school. She has been very vocal in sharing her cancer story in hopes of educating others on the dangers of tanning bed use and sun safety. In addition she’s been actively involvement with multiple organizations whose main goal is promotion of sun safety education, and skin cancer awareness and prevention.

Dr. Michael Smylie is Medical Oncologist, Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta; holds an academic appointment as Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton.  He is the past Site Leader for the Clinical Trials Committee, Cross Cancer Institute and past leader of the National Canada Institute of Cancer (NCIC) melanoma group.  Dr. Smylie has chaired several National Melanoma meetings and is the past chair of the Canadian Melanoma Conference.

Dr. Smylie graduated with an Honours B.SC. in Physical Sciences, then attended medical school at the University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. He was awarded a Distinction in Pathology and received the Carl Zeiss prize for best performance in Pathology.  He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, and his medical oncology fellowship at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

He is very active in designing and participating in clinical trials in malignant melanoma and holds an interest in lung cancer.  He is an active member of the Mary Johnston Melanoma Professorship in Edmonton, Alberta.  His major research interest is clinical research in targeted therapy and immunotherapy in melanoma.

He is currently a member of the small molecule immune checkpoint inhibitor program at the University of Alberta, and is doing collaborative research into novel predictors of response to immunotherapy.

Dr. Smylie sits on several different Advisory Boards focusing on melanoma, and has given several national and international talks on melanoma.

This event is open to members & duespayers of

Local 196 only.

To attend, please click the link on the right under Local 196 Events and register using your personal email.

Paper or E-Tickets required for entry.

Registration closes  February 7, 2018

If you have any issues with registration, please email the Local Education Committee at Local196Education@una.ab.ca

Published by UNA on February 1, 2018

From left: NorQuest board member Brian Hjlesvold; Roberta Hykawy, IBEW 1007; Laura Manz, AMNUA; Joy Arntzen, UNA; NorQuest President Jodi Abbott; Bud McCarthy, Edmonton Firefighters; Brenda Waluk, CEMA; Mike Scott, CUPE 30; and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson.

“The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Fund, which UNA Local 196 members along with eight other unions and associations contribute to through monthly donations, has made a $2-million gift to NorQuest College.

As a result of the donation, the college’s Heritage Tower has been renamed the Civic Employees Legacy Tower.

The announcement, made on January 16 at NorQuest’s downtown Edmonton campus, is the largest gift in the fund’s 77-year history. The fund represents the charitable efforts of more than 11,000 employees from the nine unions and associations, including the community health nurses of Local 196.

Local 196 President Joy Arntzen called the donation “a major milestone for the fund and our members as we are committed to making a difference in the Edmonton community.”

“Education is a basic right and this investment in the future creates a legacy for members and their families to come,” Arntzen said.

The upgrades in the main NorQuest building are part of the college’s $20-million Maximizing Opportunities fund-raising initiative, which includes an extensive scholarship and bursary program, and a campus expansion in downtown Edmonton.

The publicly funded community college was established by the government of Alberta as the Alberta Vocational College in 1965 with the primary objective of providing untrained and under-employed Albertans with opportunities to join an industrialized workforce. The college serves close to 18,000 students a year throughout the province in full-time, part-time distance learning and regional programs.”

REGISTRATION CLOSES FEBRUARY 7, 2018 – GET YOUR TICKET NOW!

Local 196 is pleased to welcome

Ms. Violetta Ambrozuk, RN, and

Dr. Michael Smylie, MD

for our February 12, 2018 Education Dinner.

We are pleased to have a member from Local 196, Violetta, speak about her journey beating skin cancer along with her oncologist, Dr. Smylie.

Ms. Violetta Ambrozuk is a Registered Nurse and a member of Local 196. In 2009, she was diagnosed with melanoma while in her last year of nursing school. She has been very vocal in sharing her cancer story in hopes of educating others on the dangers of tanning bed use and sun safety. In addition she’s been actively involvement with multiple organizations whose main goal is promotion of sun safety education, and skin cancer awareness and prevention.

Dr. Michael Smylie is Medical Oncologist, Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta; holds an academic appointment as Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton.  He is the past Site Leader for the Clinical Trials Committee, Cross Cancer Institute and past leader of the National Canada Institute of Cancer (NCIC) melanoma group.  Dr. Smylie has chaired several National Melanoma meetings and is the past chair of the Canadian Melanoma Conference.

Dr. Smylie graduated with an Honours B.SC. in Physical Sciences, then attended medical school at the University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. He was awarded a Distinction in Pathology and received the Carl Zeiss prize for best performance in Pathology.  He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, and his medical oncology fellowship at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

He is very active in designing and participating in clinical trials in malignant melanoma and holds an interest in lung cancer.  He is an active member of the Mary Johnston Melanoma Professorship in Edmonton, Alberta.  His major research interest is clinical research in targeted therapy and immunotherapy in melanoma.

He is currently a member of the small molecule immune checkpoint inhibitor program at the University of Alberta, and is doing collaborative research into novel predictors of response to immunotherapy.

Dr. Smylie sits on several different Advisory Boards focusing on melanoma, and has given several national and international talks on melanoma.

This event is open to members & duespayers of

Local 196 only.

To attend, please click the link on the right under Local 196 Events and register using your personal email.

Paper or E-Tickets required for entry.

Registration closes  February 7, 2018

If you have any issues with registration, please email the Local Education Committee at Local196Education@una.ab.ca

UNA Local 196 will be holding a meeting on February 5, 2018 at the Alberta Teachers Association located at 11010 142 St. to inform the Local 196 membership of the agreed upon negotiations and mediator’s recommendations for the upcoming Ratification Vote on February 15, 2018.

Dinner will be served at 1730 and meeting will commence at 1800.

Please register for the meeting via DMS.

Membership cards required for entry.

If members do not have an active UNAnet account and are unable to register in DMS, please email Colleen Foley, Secretary at cfoley@una.ab.ca, or Joy Arntzen, President at jarntzen@una.ab.ca to register.

p: 780-430-4616

f: 780-493-8579

email: local196exec@una.ab.ca

Local 196 is pleased to welcome

Ms. Violetta Ambrozuk, RN, and

Dr. Michael Smylie, MD

for our February 12, 2018 Education Dinner.

We are pleased to have a member from Local 196, Violetta, speak about her journey beating skin cancer along with her oncologist, Dr. Smylie.

Ms. Violetta Ambrozuk is a Registered Nurse and a member of Local 196. In 2009, she was diagnosed with melanoma while in her last year of nursing school. She has been very vocal in sharing her cancer story in hopes of educating others on the dangers of tanning bed use and sun safety. In addition she’s been actively involvement with multiple organizations whose main goal is promotion of sun safety education, and skin cancer awareness and prevention.

Dr. Michael Smylie is Medical Oncologist, Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta; holds an academic appointment as Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton.  He is the past Site Leader for the Clinical Trials Committee, Cross Cancer Institute and past leader of the National Canada Institute of Cancer (NCIC) melanoma group.  Dr. Smylie has chaired several National Melanoma meetings and is the past chair of the Canadian Melanoma Conference.

Dr. Smylie graduated with an Honours B.SC. in Physical Sciences, then attended medical school at the University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. He was awarded a Distinction in Pathology and received the Carl Zeiss prize for best performance in Pathology.  He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, and his medical oncology fellowship at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

He is very active in designing and participating in clinical trials in malignant melanoma and holds an interest in lung cancer.  He is an active member of the Mary Johnston Melanoma Professorship in Edmonton, Alberta.  His major research interest is clinical research in targeted therapy and immunotherapy in melanoma.

He is currently a member of the small molecule immune checkpoint inhibitor program at the University of Alberta, and is doing collaborative research into novel predictors of response to immunotherapy.

Dr. Smylie sits on several different Advisory Boards focusing on melanoma, and has given several national and international talks on melanoma.

This event is open to members & duespayers of

Local 196 only.

To attend, please click the link on the right under Local 196 Events and register using your personal email.

Paper or E-Tickets required for entry.

Registration closes  February 7, 2018

If you have any issues with registration, please email the Local Education Committee at Local196Education@una.ab.ca

UNA Local 196 will be holding a Delegate Meeting for the Provincial Reporting Meeting.

WHEN: January 22, 2018
Dinner: 1800
Meeting: 1830

WHERE: Alberta Teachers Association
11010 142 St.

Meeting open to all members in good standing of Local 196 UNA.

Nominees for Delegates to January 25 Reporting Meeting Must Attend

Elections to be held for:
Provincial Reporting Meeting Voting Delegates
***LOAs must be Pre-approved***

Polling Hours @ Meeting: 1830h to 1930h

Nominations are open to any Member in good standing of UNA Local 196. Please see the nomination form link below:

Nomination Form for Reporting Meeting

Nomination Deadline: January 17, 2018 @ 1630h.

*Nominations must be faxed or emailed to contact info below*

p: 780-430-4616 f: 780-493-8579
email: local196exec@una.ab.ca

Details re: the Provincial Reporting Meeting:

WHEN: Thursday January 25, 2018
WHERE: Grey Eagle Resort & Casino, Calgary
TIME: 10:00 to 16:00
Buses are arranged for transportation from Edmonton to Calgary.