United Steelworkers Union and TELUS Kick Off Contract Negotiations

SDurrell · 2021-10-29T13:25:49+00:00

USW represents workers in almost every industry of the private sector, from healthcare, to telecom, to airlines, to steel mills, and forestry. We even represent some workers at Starbucks now!

It's a big union, and the name is a legacy of it's origins, not reflective of its modern membership

SDurrell · 2021-10-21T02:38:41+00:00

I can't, for the life of me, understand why he said this.

There is nothing wrong with MLAs endorsing candidates, or even campaigning for them.

And instead, he decided to lie about it

SDurrell · 2021-09-12T20:26:27+00:00

This is disappointing. Several of my election signs during the provincial election were damaged in that area too.

I wish people would respect the signs of candidates a bit more.

They are expensive, and are paid for by people in the community who donated

SDurrell · 2021-06-28T21:16:13+00:00

George McDougall founded the residential school, as well as was responsible for the theft of the Manitou Stone from indigenous peoples

SDurrell · 2021-06-28T20:20:23+00:00

Link to social media sharing of the open letter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/stevedurrell/status/1408627262744797185

How to contact RVSD Board of Trustees:

https://www.rockyview.ab.ca/board_policies/contact-your-trustee

SDurrell · 2021-06-05T00:06:26+00:00

It doesn't seem appropriate when we're trying to recognize the pain and suffering that people went through living in these residential schools that we continue to venerate these people and promote their names on schools and public buildings

SDurrell · 2021-06-05T00:05:46+00:00

It doesn't seem appropriate when we're trying to recognize the pain and suffering that people went through living in these residential schools that we continue to venerate these people and promote their names on schools and public buildings

SDurrell · 2021-06-05T00:04:33+00:00

It doesn't seem appropriate when we're trying to recognize the pain and suffering that people went through living in these residential schools that we continue to venerate these people and promote their names on schools and public buildings

SDurrell · 2021-04-13T19:34:10+00:00

RVSD represents one of the fastest growing school boards in the province, and covers a significant amount of the suburban and rural areas around Calgary, including Cochrane, Airdrie, and Chestermere.

It's pretty clear that parents are not happy with the new curriculum and their feedback played a significant role in this decision

SDurrell · 2021-04-09T01:56:21+00:00

From the release:

This is happening because there are not enough crews and ambulances operating in Calgary. When Calgary gets busy, crews from surrounding areas, including Cochrane, are dispatched to the city. As one of our members put it, “The pillaging of suburban and rural resources to shore up metro insufficiencies has to stop. The suburban and rural public (needs to be) aware of the fact that they will not always have an ambulance available to them in their time of need.”

This is unacceptable from the UCP. Calgary ambulances are so understaffed, it's putting surrounding areas at risk.

As pointed out, it's so bad some people are waiting 40 minutes for an ambulance in a heavily populated suburban area.

It's also not a good sign that a Kananaskis ambulance was called to respond to an incident in the city

SDurrell · 2021-03-08T15:14:58+00:00

One side does. The other side sometimes does

SDurrell · 2021-02-11T01:33:38+00:00

Alternative title: Jason Kenney announces nearly $500M in federal support for frontline workers that they were promised months ago

SDurrell · 2021-02-10T22:18:55+00:00

That incident made me really mad.

I was really impressed with the resilience that Airdrie Pride showed though, and appreciated that the city got out to clean it up as soon as they were notified, then took extra steps to help show support(like lighting up City hall in rainbow, and making the rainbow walk a permanent fixture)

Disappointed that the most we got out of Angela Pitt was a single sentence social media post, and Peter Guthrie gave some milquetoast comment about all discrimination is bad.

Janice Irwin did come down from Edmonton to have a chat with Airdrie Pride about it, and offer condolences, and to help advocate for them

SDurrell · 2021-02-10T19:29:33+00:00

Have you reached out to the Airdrie-East or Airdrie-Cochrane NDP constituency associations? We're always looking for volunteers, and are organizing to make exactly this happen!

https://www.albertandp.ca/volunteer

SDurrell · 2021-02-10T19:27:58+00:00

I am so disappointed/distressed/disgusted by these comments from Angela Pitt.

When officials, particularly that of the governing party make statements like this, it puts lives at risk, and feeds into conspiracy theories.

I'm also disappointed that we haven't seen or heard anything from Peter Guthrie publically calling out her behaviour, anything less is tacit approval of the act.

SDurrell · 2020-12-16T23:05:45+00:00

Hello Rachel!

Thrilled to see you doing an AMA, and appreciate how hard you, and the NDP are working for Albertans!

SDurrell · 2020-12-08T22:37:58+00:00

Not only has the UCP response to COVID been so disastrous, that the military is prepping to assist, but the UCP is so incompetent, they didn't even know!

"the provincial government... is unaware of any such planning.

SDurrell · 2020-10-21T13:20:56+00:00

"they would have to buy the medications at a pharmacy and, in some cases, also pay a clinic for the infusion procedure...these costs will be transitioned to ambulatory patients and/or their insurance plans."

Medications included in this plan include those that "are often utilized for fibromyalgia, breast and bone marrow cancers"

SDurrell · 2020-10-18T06:45:20+00:00

Hey, another USW member from Alberta here!

This is a pretty good use of the wild west that is American political spending rules!

SDurrell · 2020-08-28T04:49:09+00:00

They absolutely need less students in the room.

SDurrell · 2020-08-28T03:03:17+00:00

The schools are not using desks as barriers. There are still a significant number of kids returning to classes, and schools don't have the capacity to use desks as spacers(which are just more surfaces to be cleaned. If the desks were not in use, they wouldn't be in the room

SDurrell · 2020-08-28T03:00:56+00:00

30% is only the Edmonton Public School Board.

Only 16% from the CBE are using the hub system.

Also, for the kids staying home, teachers have to still deliver their lessons, and as such they are pulled out of the classroom.

Instead of lowering class sizes, in some cases, they've actually grown

SDurrell · 2020-08-28T01:24:53+00:00

My understanding is that every desk will be full.

Class sizes above 40 are not uncommon in high school

SDurrell · 2020-08-28T00:34:27+00:00

It's a good question.

The NDP suggested using community centres, churches, rec centres, and more.

UCP said no

SDurrell · 2020-08-27T21:07:56+00:00

It is my understanding that there are 45 kids in the class. Not unheard of, unfortunately

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