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 54 - Prevention and Support of Workers Experiencing Mental Injury
HSAA will support the work of the Workplace Health, Safety and Wellness committee and staff in their work to achieve improvements in provincial health and safety legislation related to PTSD and other mental injuries; and
HSAA will support the efforts of our member representatives on their joint worksite health & safety committees to improve worksite safety and prevention policies; and
HSAA will lobby for enhanced mental injury services delivery and develop workplace supports and training in the areas of mental health and mental injury.
HSAA will ensure that all Collective Bargaining Committees will advance the implementation of contract language that addresses the need to prevent workplace mental injury and supports workers who suffer from workplace mental injury; and
HSAA will challenge the stigma around mental health issues by supporting efforts to educate members and the public about mental health injury and the need to protect and support workers who are at risk.
Rationale:
Any worker can face a situation that leaves them suffering from mental injury, and this can lead to mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and
Prevention and support for workers experiencing mental injury are critical, much in the same way as we ensure that workers physically injured on the job are cared for and supported; and
It is important that comprehensive presumptive legislation is passed so that all workers who have suffered a mental injury are not placed in a situation where they face an undue burden; and
It is also important that all workers are covered and that it is recognized that the mental injury can be both cumulative or from a single traumatic incident; and
The stigma associated with mental health issues often prevents workers from accessing the treatment they require. It is important that we provide education and assistance to fight the stigma and better facilitate the supports workers need to access appropriate assistance when they have experienced a mental injury.
Approved at Convention May 2019