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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
AHS nurses seem to make $80K+ around here.
Nurses at a private home seem to be more in the $60K range from what I can find.
General care staff at a private home are in the $40K range.
Is there no way that some of the tasks not requiring a RN certification could be performed by general care staff?
Would all Registered Nurses flee to the US if they were being paid $70K here?
But, these things can't even be looked at. Because unions.
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Actually, back in the late 90s Registered Nurses
were fleeing to the U.S. The province had a big problem retaining them, along with other trained professionals. Remember the whole 'brain drain' scare?
Look, I'm not a big fan of unions. But if we're going to compare public sector salaries in Alberta to those in other provinces, we should do so in the context of a comparison between private sector salaries in Alberta compared to those in other provinces.
And the fact is, contracts and collective agreements were signed. The government can't just wave a wand and change them.
Alberta is going to have to cut costs
and increase revenue (taxes) in order to get off the teat of energy revenues. People who want to balance the books without recognizing the need for any sacrifice on their own part are childish, and the reason we're in this situation in the first place. We've been living in a false economy in this province - all of us - for the better part of 15 years. Now it's time to face reality.