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AHWC Archives - Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals MAHCP represents 85% of Manitoba’s Allied Health Care Professionals Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:34:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 https://mahcp.interplay.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-mahcp-icon-1-32x32.png AHWC Archives - Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals 32 32 MEDIA RELEASE: ABORIGINAL HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTRE STAFF DELIVER STRONG STRIKE MANDATE https://mahcp.interplay.design/media-release-aboriginal-health-wellness-centre-staff-deliver-strong-strike-mandate/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:51:28 +0000 https://mahcp.interplay.design/?p=19896 94% Vote in Favour – Wages Top Issue, Lag Far Behind Similar Agencies September 24, 2024 | Winnipeg, MB – Staff at the Aboriginal Health…

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September 24, 2024 | Winnipeg, MB – Staff at the Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre (AHWC), represented by the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP), have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate after more than two years without a new collective agreement. The last contract expired in April 2022.

More than 50 MAHCP members at AHWC work in 25 specialized health care and social service disciplines including as nurses, counsellors, community health workers, teacher’s assistants and many more. They serve Indigenous patients and clients in more than a dozen program areas, including through a recently launched mobile primary-care clinic. In July 2024, the Manitoba Government announced a partnership with AHWC to establish “Canada’s first Indigenous-led supervised consumption site.”

“The dedicated staff at Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre have waited too long for a contract that acknowledges their value,” said MAHCP President Jason Linklater. “The next contract must address the huge and growing wage gap between AHWC staff and their public health-care system colleagues. It is already way overdue.”

MAHCP’s Bargaining Committee called for a strike vote last week after nearly a year of negotiations. The strike vote was held from Tuesday to Friday, September 17-20, with 94% voting in favour of a strike mandate. No strike deadline has been set.

The last contract between MAHCP and AHWC, effective 2018-2022, provided Pallister-era wage freezes and meagre annual increases of 0%, 0%, 0.75% and 1%.

“Most wages at AHWC have increased less than 2% since 2018 while inflation has spiked over 20%. Many staff currently earn half or less of what their peers at other hospitals, clinics and agencies are making,” said Linklater. “The overwhelming strike mandate shows they will no longer accept this glaring inequity.”

The majority of funding for AHWC comes from a combination of federal and provincial government sources.

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The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals is a union representing more 7,000 allied health professionals. Our specialized members work in more than 45 professions throughout Manitoba in labs, clinics, hospitals, long-term care and community.
For more information about MAHCP, visit www.mahcp.ca.

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]]> MAHCP President comments on establishment of safer consumption site https://mahcp.interplay.design/mahcp-president-comments-on-establishment-of-safer-consumption-site/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:19:31 +0000 https://mahcp.interplay.design/?p=18143 The Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre, Manitoba’s only Indigenous-lead community health agency, serves the health and well-being needs of Winnipeg’s large and growing Indigenous community…

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]]> The Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre, Manitoba’s only Indigenous-lead community health agency, serves the health and well-being needs of Winnipeg’s large and growing Indigenous community and brings together the best of conventional and Indigenous medical practice, knowledge and resources.

MAHCP is proud to represent 50 members working at AHWC, located at Higgins and Main.

“The AHWC team is doing meaningful work to support the Indigenous community,” said Jason Linklater, MAHCP President. “They meet people where they’re at, and the staff develop and deliver extensive programming to advance reconciliation and address some of our city’s most complex social challenges. This is challenging work that demands compassion and patience, and our members show up for their clients with a commitment to caring and to reducing stigma, while honouring each constituent’s intrinsic human value.”

Last week, Honourable Bernadette Smith, the Province of Manitoba’s Minister of Housing, Addictions & Homelessness, announced funding for AHWC to administer the city’s first Indigenous-lead safer consumption site in an effort to mitigate the impact of toxic drug supply and save lives.

Supervised consumption sites typically include a reception area, consumption spaces and post-consumption common areas. Staff are trained to respond to accidental overdoses and other emergencies and can refer to and support patrons in accessing health and social services. 

Read the safer consumption site announcement.

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