Alberta Health Services is looking for contractors to take over its laundry services as the government embarks on a plan to outsource thousands of healthcare-sector jobs to private companies. AHS issued a request for proposal on Friday seeking a contractor to assume responsibility for its remaining in-house laundry services. About two-thirds of laundry services are currently provided by a third party, including in Calgary and Edmonton. The AUPE, which represents the laundry workers, said the move will upend the lives of its members based at 54 sites across the province. Laundry workers' disabling injury rates are about 60 per cent higher than other AHS staff, according to the review.

Source: CBC News October 23, 2020 23:26 UTC