United Nurses of Alberta Local 70

05/11/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us this weekend to kick of Nurses Week.
Special thanks to the crew The Monarch Theatre !
Until next time 🎬

05/09/2026

Join us today for a movie screening to commence Nurses Week 🩷. Registration is not required and admission is free of charge for you, your family, and friends.

05/08/2026

By Carolyn Olson and Richard WestUNA Pension Advisors The Local Authorities Pension Plan, which provides retirement savings for a majority of UNA members, has three options for the purchase of pensionable coverage for time missed while on a leave of absence or when the member was eligible to partici...

05/08/2026

Local 70's nursing week is underway. We welcome nurses and their families to the historic Monarch Theater for the complimentary 🎥 movie Patch Adams.Please bring your family.

05/06/2026

May 4 to 10 is Mental Health Week, a week marked annually by the Canadian Mental Health Association to raise awareness and call for action to engage in small, daily activities that strengthen connections and combat the loneliness that can affect mental health.

This year’s Mental Health Week, the CMHA is theme is "Come together, Canada,” emphasizing meaningful social connections that are essential for building resilience and improving well-being.

United Nurses of Alberta is proud of the work that Registered Psychiatric Nurses and Registered Nurses do everyday to support the mental health of patients, their families and all Albertans. This Mental Health Week, as we think about our own and others health needs, let’s not forget the importance of our own mental wellbeing.

Having to work and provide family care and self-care can not only be stressful but can be traumatizing. UNA recognizes that this can affect our members in different ways. There is no right or wrong way for each individual to respond to stress and trauma.

The mental health and safety of our members and their patients remains our priority, so UNA encourages members to view the resources available on the CMHA website as well as the mental health resources page of the UNA website.

CMHA National

05/05/2026

Today is Red Dress Day, an annual event of activism and remembrance honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People (MMIWG2S+).

In Canada, Indigenous women are four times more likely to be victims of violence than non-Indigenous women and the average rate of homicides involving Indigenous female victims was four times higher than those involving non-Indigenous female victims (source).

Métis visual artist Jaime Black started The REDress Project as “a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us” and to highlight the gendered and racialized nature of this critical issue in Canada. Red dresses may be draped in trees, hung in windows, pinned to jackets, worn as earrings or shirts, or as red hands painted across faces.

In 2019, the Government of Canada released the final report for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. With it, 231 Calls for Justice were released, with seven specifically directed at health and wellness.

UNA urges members to advocate for meaningful action to end violence against women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people, and to consider how we can all work together to achieve meaningful reconciliation.

An independent, national, toll-free support call line is available free of charge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 1-844-413-6649.

05/05/2026

Hey local 70 members we are needing some help on our PRC committee

05/04/2026

United Nurses of Alberta will be conducting our annual telephone survey of general members starting Monday, May 4. The survey will be ongoing through to the end of May. This survey of general UNA members (i.e. members who are not currently participating in internal UNA work such as Local Executives....

04/29/2026

04/28/2026

April 28 is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, known commonly as the Day of Mourning for Workers who have died, have been injured or made ill on the job. It is a solemn occasion in any year, but particularly for many health care workers who face incidents of violence in hospitals and healt...

04/24/2026

UNA's current collective agreement was formally signed on April 15, 2026. This date will have important implications for eligible members who have left their employment for any reason in the period before the signing of the agreement. Article 1.03 of the Multi-employer Provincial Collective Agreemen...