Nurses and support workers at a west-end seniors supportive living home hit the picket lines Friday after bargaining talks broke down with the B.C.-based owner of the facility.
The Alberta Pharmacists’ Association and grassroots Alberta pharmacists are questioning why the Alberta government has invested in a province-wide radio and print ad campaign to tell Albertans that “Lower prescription costs are good medicine for you, your family and for Alberta.”
As the province’s registered nurses get set for labour negotiations, Alberta Health Services is warning major workforce changes are on the horizon, including a reduction in part-time positions.
At issue is legislation — passed but not yet in force — that would change the bargaining association for the province’s licensed practical nurses, who last year joined the B.C. Nurses’ Union.
The Pharmacists’ Association of Newfoundland and Labrador learned March 26 that generic drug pricing in the province would drop from 35 to 25 per cent of brand pricing by July 1, 2013.
