Today, Alberta’s Licensed Practical Nurses showed what we’re made of. We stood together. We raised our voices. We showed up on the strike line - not just for ourselves, but for the future of our profession. 💪 Well done, LPNs! We didn’t get everything we hoped for, but we proved something powerful: We are strong enough to fight for ourselves. We are brave enough to care for ourselves. And we are united enough to demand better. That said, we are deeply disappointed by the outc

AUPE called off the strike this morning after reaching a tentative agreement with AHS. This is what we gathered from the AUPE press conference and their Facebook post. AUPE says the tentative agreement delivers: 10% scope of practice increase + 12% over 4 years for LPNs (with compound interest it makes 24%) 4% scope of practice increase + 12% over 4 years for HCAs (with compound interest it makes 17%) No agreement on scheduling - many of us work 7 days in a row, and 3 out of

ALBERTA LPNs: FAIR PAY FOR FULL SCOPE! We are Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in Alberta The Alberta government is offering LPNs a 21% raise over 4 years  - and they’ll say we should be grateful. But here’s the truth: 9.5% is NOT a Raise:  It is a Scope of Practice Adjustment . This compensates LPNs for officially performing a higher level of work (like administering blood products, dispensing drugs, etc.) that they were already doing or trained to do, and which was previous