More job losses at Medicine Hat College, AUPE reports

More jobs have been lost at Medicine Hat College, according to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees.

According to an AUPE press release, the college has terminated the positions of three food service workers and two cooks who belong to the union. The workers had been temporarily laid off due to the pandemic.

This follows a recent announcement of 13 others at the college who lost their jobs.

“The UCP government needs to do more to support post-secondary institutions and workers as this province faces the crisis of the pandemic and economic collapse,” says Karen Weiers, vice-president of AUPE, which represents more than 90,000 workers. “The government should be using Medicine Hat College and other educational institutions to help Albertans upgrade their skills and find work, to help build an economic recovery.”