Government documents released by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees show the government is set to chop more than 6,000 employees from their payroll..Union president Guy Smith is expected to hold a press conference Monday in Edmonton to address the cuts..But late Friday afternoon the union released letters from the government explaining what it was going to do..In a letter to Smith, Public Service Commissioner Tim Grant said there will be no layoffs until March 20..“Beginning April 1, the GoA will use all options available under the collective agreement to ensure government is on track to implement key priorities and support the government’s path to balance by 2022-23,” wrote Grant..He said 2,500 public service jobs could be impacted over those years..Grant said the cuts would come across numerous departments including financial services, agriculture and forestry, community and social services, seniors and housing and Service Alberta..He also noted Ernst & Young has been hired to do a complete review of AHS with a report out by the end of next month. AHS announced Friday the elimination of 500 nursing position..“We ask that discretion be excercised in the use and dissemination of this information as the uncertainty could have a real impact on the well-being of our employees. Every staffing decision will be made with care and compassion,” Grant wrote to Smith..A letter to the AUPE’s Jim Petrie from the Alberta Health Services Dennis Holliday, he laid out plans for a huge number of layoffs in that sector..Up to 2,000 jobs are set to go in contracting out environmental services, 350 in administration, 250 in the Operational Best Practices group, 235 with the contracting out of more linen services and 165 in food services..Holliday also writes about contracting out home care in areas like nursing, palliative and pediatric at a cost of 200 jobs..LAYOFFS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.AHS….Up to 3,400 positions..Nurses….500 positions..Public service….2,500.TOTAL: 6,400 job losses..dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com
Government documents released by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees show the government is set to chop more than 6,000 employees from their payroll..Union president Guy Smith is expected to hold a press conference Monday in Edmonton to address the cuts..But late Friday afternoon the union released letters from the government explaining what it was going to do..In a letter to Smith, Public Service Commissioner Tim Grant said there will be no layoffs until March 20..“Beginning April 1, the GoA will use all options available under the collective agreement to ensure government is on track to implement key priorities and support the government’s path to balance by 2022-23,” wrote Grant..He said 2,500 public service jobs could be impacted over those years..Grant said the cuts would come across numerous departments including financial services, agriculture and forestry, community and social services, seniors and housing and Service Alberta..He also noted Ernst & Young has been hired to do a complete review of AHS with a report out by the end of next month. AHS announced Friday the elimination of 500 nursing position..“We ask that discretion be excercised in the use and dissemination of this information as the uncertainty could have a real impact on the well-being of our employees. Every staffing decision will be made with care and compassion,” Grant wrote to Smith..A letter to the AUPE’s Jim Petrie from the Alberta Health Services Dennis Holliday, he laid out plans for a huge number of layoffs in that sector..Up to 2,000 jobs are set to go in contracting out environmental services, 350 in administration, 250 in the Operational Best Practices group, 235 with the contracting out of more linen services and 165 in food services..Holliday also writes about contracting out home care in areas like nursing, palliative and pediatric at a cost of 200 jobs..LAYOFFS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.AHS….Up to 3,400 positions..Nurses….500 positions..Public service….2,500.TOTAL: 6,400 job losses..dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com
