As a clock counts down the hours until thousands of Alberta hospital workers begin their strike, their union has published a list of where the first picket lines will be.

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and Alberta Health Services say they have returned to the bargaining table ahead of Saturday’s 8:30 a.m. deadline for the start of job action.

The AUPE has said it was “eager to see the employer’s new offer,” but there has been no word on what, if any, concessions AHS had made.

Instead, the union says picket lines will be at health centres and hospitals Saturday and Sunday, including the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary and the Wainwright Health Centre.

About 98 per cent of members who voted earlier this month approved the job action and the AUPE gave strike notice Wedne

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