Alberta Health Services says Calgary's adult hospitals had an average occupancy of 107 per cent as of Wednesday afternoon.
Alberta's nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as recent talks with the province floundered over disagreements around pay and staffing.The United Nurses of Alberta, a union representing more than 30,000 nurses, is seeking 30 per cent pay raises spread over two years. The Alberta government's standing offer is 7.5 per cent over four years.
"They want to say that article does not apply for one year and gets to hire whoever they want," Harrigan said. "They're having a huge recruitment problem," he said. "Why on earth would they think that offering people less rights and increases that are less than the cost of living would be the way to address that?"
As the union points to short staffing and mandatory overtime burning out nurses, LaGrange said Alberta has added about 4,000 more nurses during the last year. If a strike does occur, Albertans would still have access to emergency medical care, because of an essential services agreement signed by the two parties.
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