By Chris Brown

Government has no plan, AUPE says

More job losses at Medicine Hat College

Feb 12, 2021 | 12:45 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says five more positions have been cut at Medicine Hat College.

The union says the college has terminated the positions of three food-service workers and two cooks who belong to AUPE.

The workers had been on temporary layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier this month 13 jobs were cut at Medicine Hat College following a cut in funding by the Alberta government.

“The UCP government needs to do more to support post-secondary institutions and workers as this province faces the crisis of the pandemic and economic collapse,” says Karen Weiers, vice-president of AUPE, which represents more than 90,000 workers.

In a release, Weiers says the government should be using Medicine Hat College and other educational institutions to help Albertans upgrade their skills and find work, to help build an economic recovery.

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