Table of contents
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Position Statements: 1 - 10
- Position Statement 1 - Mandatory AIDS/HIV Testing
- Position Statement 2 - Reaffirming HSAA's Commitment to Medicare
- Position Statement 3 - Child Care and Early Childhood Education
- Position Statement 4 - Attendance Management
- Position Statement 5 - Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace
- Position Statement 6 - Students
- Position Statement 7 - Volunteers
- Position Statement 8 - Flat Tax
- Position Statement 9 - Employee and Family Assistance Programs (EFAP)
- Position Statement 10 - Local Unit Participation in Joint Union Activities
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Position Statements: 11 - 20
- Position Statement 11 - Human Rights, Equality and Non-Discrimination
- Position Statement 12 - Parental Leave
- Position Statement 13 - Poverty
- Position Statement 14 - Source Testing
- Position Statement 15 - Indoor Air Quality
- Position Statement 16 - Commitment to Public Health Care and Member Equity
- Position Statement 17 - Canadian Ratification of International Labour Organization Conventions
- Position Statement 18 - Progressive Labour Law Reform
- Position Statement 19 - Purchase of Union-Made and Fair-Trade Products
- Position Statement 20 - Energy Deregulation and Utility Privatization
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Position Statements: 21 - 30
- Position Statement 21 - Political Leave
- Position Statement 22 - Pension Plan
- Position Statement 23 - Child Labour in Alberta
- Position Statement 24 - First Contract Arbitration
- Position Statement 25 - Noise
- Position Statement 26 - Pharmacare
- Position Statement 27 - Climate Change
- Position Statement 28 - Sustainable Environmental Ethical Purchasing Policies
- Position Statement 29 - Domestic Violence and the Workplace
- Position Statement 30 - Net Neutrality
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Position Statements: 31 - 40
- Position Statement 31 - Electoral Reform in Alberta
- Position Statement 32 - Defined-Benefit Pension Plans
- Position Statement 33 - Living Wage Policy
- Position Statement 34 - Organizing
- Position Statement 35 - Supporting Public Education
- Position Statement 36 - Income Equality
- Position Statement 37 - Temporary Foreign Workers
- Position Statement 38 - Omnibus Budget Bill
- Position Statement 39 - Flu Vaccines
- Position Statement 40 - Workplace Health, Safety & Wellness
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Position Statements: 41 - 50
- Position Statement 41 - Trade Agreements
- Position Statement 42 - The Ten Principles of Unionism
- Position Statement 43 - Ending Violence in the Workplace
- Position Statement 44 - HSAA Representation on Employer Committees
- Position Statement 45 - Paid Sick Days for All Working Albertans
- Position Statement 46 - Total Worker Health
- Position Statement 47 - Time for a Real Reconciliation with First Nations
- Position Statement 48 - Invest in Young Workers
- Position Statement 49 - Invest in Public Services
- Position Statement 50 - People not Profits
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Position Statements: 51 - 57
- Position Statement 51 - Expansion of Medicare Umbrella - Dental Care
- Position Statement 52 - Expansion of Medicare Umbrella - Pharmacare
- Position Statement 53 - Opposition to Right-to-Work Laws
- Position Statement 54 - Prevention and Support of Workers Experiencing Mental Injury
- Position Statement 55 - Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence at Work
- Position Statement 56 - Opposition to Paying for Blood Products
- Position Statement 57 - Systemic Racism
Position Statement 47 - Time for a Real Reconciliation with First Nations
HSAA will insist that, as a first step, all levels of government fully implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action with particular attention on monitoring, promoting, and supporting the immediate completion to those dealing with child welfare, education, health, and justice; and
HSAA will demand that federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments immediately begin working to ensure every Indigenous community has reliable access to safe drinking water; and
HSAA will continue to support the work of the Native Women’s Association of Canada on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) to facilitate healing and end violence against Indigenous women; and
HSAA will encourage governments to engage in meaningful dialogue and take purposeful action to revisit Treaty relationships, letting the spirit and intent of international relations that First Nations originally entered into these contracts become the foundation of restoring fairness and equitability through sharing land and resources between Indigenous and settler peoples.
Rationale:
Since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released their findings in December 2015 and 94 Calls to Action regarding reconciliation between Canadians and Indigenous peoples of Canada; and
For Canadians of all walks of life, reconciliation offers a new way of living together and that there can be no truth without discussing Treaty and land; and
True reconciliation goes beyond recognizing the abuses inflicted by the residential school system and healing survivor trauma; it acknowledges the ongoing nature and impact of colonialism and actively works to remove it; and
Intergenerational trauma caused by colonialism, current policies, and the residential school system is continuing to affect Indigenous people; and
Canadians must commit to an ongoing process of reconciliation that include conversations about Treaty obligations and responsibilities; and
Only with all of us working together will we be able to restore, repair, and move forward in the healing process.
Board Approved June 2019
Amended May 2021