Front Line Hospital Workers Walk Off the Job Across Alberta

Front Line Hospital Workers Walk Off the Job Across Alberta
Alberta's Minister of Health Tyler Shandro announces a new agreement between Alberta Health Services and a local manufacturer to produce medical equipment in Calgary on Oct. 7, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta Health Services says it is “responding quickly to illegal strike action” as hospital and other health-care workers across Alberta walked off the job Oct. 26 to protest recent cuts by the United Conservative government.

“We have reached out to staff to ask them to return to work and end the illegal strike. AHS has made an application to the Labour Relations Board today to formally ask the board to direct the affected employees back to work. All AHS sites remain open,” AHS said in a post on Twitter on Oct. 26.