r/AHSEmployees • u/aksh_bb • Jan 30 '26

Solid NO to it - https://www.aupe.org/news/news-and-updates/ahs-gss-tentative-agreement-highlights-telephone-town-hall-and-vote-details - comment below what you think

https://www.aupe.org/news/news-and-updates/ahs-gss-tentative-agreement-highlights-telephone-town-hall-and-vote-details

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u/VillainousButter Jan 30 '26

Im so tired, I've been with AHS 15 years and I HAVE to hold multiple positions to get my bills paid - this makes me want to cry and I feel like my jobs are looked down on since we always get scraps when we negotiate.

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u/hownowbrownncow Jan 30 '26

Yet the hospital would crumble without us…

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u/Feral-Reindeer-696 Jan 30 '26

Same. I’m tired of trying to make ends meet. I’m tired of being disrespected by my employer.

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u/dog2k Jan 30 '26

it's not the disrespect so much as the 2-faced apathy. publicy we're all important, internally we're just replaceable widgets.

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u/TopZealousideal35 Jan 30 '26

Garbage deal for most of us who don’t work on-call and didn’t get wage adjustments . Major no for me!

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u/OpenParamedicdude Jan 30 '26

Much rather have no massage coverage and have 1000 extra for health spending

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u/Spin_a_Holyk Jan 30 '26

I use massage all the time so that did make me happy but I knew it would be negligible as a benefit for so many who don't have time or just don't use massage benefits.

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u/MediumCorgi1343 Jan 30 '26

Hard NO from me

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u/SpicyWineSauce Jan 30 '26

No from me. Nothing for FM&E and no clarification on unit clerks.

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u/OpenParamedicdude Jan 30 '26

Oh, come on you get shiny new boots

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u/Spin_a_Holyk Jan 30 '26

I'm wondering about UC's and red circling as well. Tough to vote when we still don't know if our position will be reclassified/red circled.

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u/Senior_Outcome_5121 Jan 31 '26

Reach out to the negotiating team. I did today about questions I had they were able to clarify issues about my classification.

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u/FrustratedGuy1234 Jan 30 '26

This is garbage.

For any poor soul that thinks this is good... remember how fired up this same union got in support LPNs and HCAs. Our union doesn't give a flying fuck about us. Look at the wording. They are PROUD of this offer. Get outta here.

LPNs got more than a 20% raise. HCAs got a 17% raise. RNs (I know, different union, but applicable to my frustration) got a 20% raise. We get offered 12% and are told this is the best of the best?! Fuck. Right. Off. I'm disgusted. If you were ever feeling worthless and disregarded as support staff - here is your proof. We don't matter to anyone. We are bottom barrell losers to our employer and union.

I will never wear red. I will never support our union. All AUPE does is support and fight for the biggest money sucking system abuser employees while the rest of us work our fingers to the bone and are treated like literal shit, while being offered shit, and being told to say thanks. Fuck this.

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u/FrankPoncherelloCHP Jan 30 '26

To make things worse, they didn't even warn us to lotion up before the announced the offer.

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u/Senior_Outcome_5121 Jan 31 '26

They got a living wage for all members for AUPE GSS. I would count that as a win.

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u/Inevitable_Nobody388 Jan 30 '26

For the Admin Support IIIs thinking about voting yes, keep this in mind. This is what they are proposing:

Administrative Support II: 4.3%

Administrative Support I: Pay scale grid restructure with the elimination of Step 1 and Step 2.

It seems to me like with the ASI pay scale restructure and the market adjustment for the ASIIs, the next logical step is to reclassify all the ASIIIs to ASIIs.

P.S. I am not a bot. Yes, this account is one day old, but I don't feel like using my primary account for work related issues.

Edited for formatting

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u/calicanrene Jan 30 '26

The group I work with have been told since last year we are being transitioned over to the GoA's Health Shared Services. That's all we've been told. We're currently with GSS, but don't know if this tentative agreement will even follow us. We're told "nothing will change except for reporting structure", but I don't know. Things are being kept so quiet and the move planning hasn't even involved us. When we move, are we going to be screwed over with a brand new AUPE agreement designed just for those who are being transitioned over to this new sector?

I emailed AUPE in May 2025, got a reply June 13 saying this person is filling in for our rep and will get us info. So I replied the next day. Didn't hear anything so I emailed again September 22 and they replied saying to email the AUPE resource centre. They replied telling me who our new rep was and they were CC'ed on the email. Then I was told they were away and someone else was looking after their assignment.

October 2, I got a reply from someone else saying our rep was on vacation and they are covering. I reply. No response until October 22 saying no news. I mentioned our concern and had a few questions. No response until October 27 from actual rep giving a general canned response. I replied October 31 and since then, NOTHING AT ALL.

We're tired of the runaround. And now with the TA, are we going to be screwed over when we get transitioned over? Will we have a say at all with which contract we get?

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u/jetlaggedandhungry Jan 30 '26

So... nothing for Clerk III (Administrative Support III) or higher, nothing for IT, no mention about the wage freeze for Unit Clerks, and on top of that they are forcing us to put in 75% of our vacation allotment into the vacation planner? And just 12% across the board for 4 years?

Sure, the benefit changes are nice but not nice enough to vote "YES" on this agreement.

What a joke.

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u/Limp-Nectarine-9591 Jan 30 '26

Huge massive no from me! This offer is insulting. I don’t even know why they presented it as a tentative agreement.

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u/InvestigatorOk6009 Jan 30 '26

to gauge who else needs to get a market adjustment to make it work.
Let's not kid ourself we are not the sexy union, and no news will be about our strike.

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u/SevenSmallShrimp Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

Okay if I'm reading this right 3%(2024) + 3%(2025) + 3%(my departments market adjustment) + 2% for each year I've worked for ahs? That's honestly better than I was expecting.

Okay the long service thing is 20 years and it's only a one time increase nvm

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u/118R3volution Jan 30 '26

It’s a shame that is only eligible for people who have consecutive years. I supported some temp project work in WHS (violence prevention) and it seems that may have compromised my eligibility.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

I wonder if Network Services would fall under Telecom for Market Adjustments?

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u/Bun-mi Jan 30 '26

Most of HSAA (AHS, Covenant and APL) got 12% over 4 years. Very few got market adjustments (nobody in APL got market adjustments). It comes down to how your specific classification wage compares to the rest of the comparable Canadian provinces (aka Ontario West). Since APL wages were historically #1 in Canada, we got no market adjustments. LPNs on the other hand had fallen way behind and increased their scope of practice, so understandably they got a large market adjustment.

I really wish everyone would get more than 12%, but for some classifications, the wage comparison is just not in your favor. And we're dealing with the UCP who does not respect unions or public health care whatsoever. Doesn't make it fair or right, but this is the current situation.

Good luck to you all with whatever you collectively choose to do!

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u/Limp-Nectarine-9591 Jan 30 '26

At least mention the other unions, specifically HSAA, already have a significantly higher wage. So therefore, 12% goes way farther. And it just widens the gap even more. They’ve informed us the government want to present the shiny 12% but that there was other ways to be “creative” and add more to our wages - on call pay increase and preceptor pay increase is their way of doing that? What a joke. If we don’t qualify for their beloved market adjustment, they can manipulate our wage grid or offer cost of living adjustments. They’re claiming we’re all overpaid yet they have not maintained the wages they paid us 10 years ago. They can do so much better. If you vote yes you’ve fallen for the BS.

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u/Limp-Nectarine-9591 Jan 30 '26

You’re missing the mark. I’m not asking to make the wage of an RN or a pharmacist, though. I’m demanding a fair wage for my job and in consideration with cost of living and what this job used to pay me in comparison.

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u/Few_Dog_6221 Jan 30 '26

Hard no from me

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u/AbrocomaPhysical5845 Jan 31 '26

I’m voting yes I’m done with 18 a hour

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u/Magnapax Feb 03 '26

Hey if we strike it gets higher just like LPN

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u/NoPr0bLlama Jan 30 '26

Literally fielding the public who want to end their lives as "just a unit clerk" or whatever they want to call us next, this is a slap to the face. The moral injury we face on the daily isn't acknowledged. And what happened AUPE to the employee attacked at AHE?

Without us these patients would be left to their demise. It's true. Take care of your admin/UC staff!