Yesterday 95 percent of frontline hospital support staff rejected the government’s latest contract offer. The Official Opposition stands behind these crucial frontline workers, who play an essential role in protecting the health of Albertans. Not only do they need a living wage, they need help; in other words, we need additional frontline staff.

When I spoke to the AUPE convention last fall, I said that frontline support staff – people like clerks, maintenance workers, cooks, security and custodians – make it possible for me to do my job as a physician. I stand behind those words. For too long, the PC government has taken these workers for granted and treated them with an appalling lack of respect.

A new Sherman Liberal government would sit down with frontline workers to hammer out a deal that recognizes their invaluable contributions. While the PCs continue to invest in managers managing managers and big shiny hospitals and clinics that sit empty, Liberals believe in investing in frontline staff who actually do the jobs that Albertans need done. They are the foundation of our public health system.

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