NS Nurses Dispute

• N.S. public sector unions vow to fight province’s new bargaining rules

  Nova Scotia's public sector unions are vowing to fight the provincial government's legislation that would identify which workers will be represented by particular unions in collective bargaining.

  Politics

  Sep 26, 2014
  
• Unions launch court challenge against N.S. law that ended nurses strike

  A group of unions has banded together to launch a legal challenge against a Nova Scotia law that ended a strike by 2,400 nurses in Halifax in April.

  Politics

  Sep 16, 2014
  
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• NSGEU will grieve cases of nurses disciplined for job walk-offs

  The union representing nurses who are being disciplined over an illegal walkout at hospitals in the Halifax area last month says it will grieve each case.

  May 22, 2014
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• UPDATED: Nurses’ strike ends as essential services bill passes

  Nova Scotia's Liberal government has passed essential services legislation despite outcry from nurses who say it takes away their right to strike.

  Politics

  Apr 4, 2014
• Halifax nurses swap surgical masks for picket signs in expected short strike

  Nurses in Halifax walked off the job Thursday as the Nova Scotia government prepared to push a law through the legislature to end the strike.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2014
• Nova Scotia prepares for nurses strike, but union leader says it will be brief

  Picket lines are expected to spring up on Thursday in Halifax as 2,400 unionized nurses seeking higher staffing levels plan to go on strike.

  Politics

  Apr 2, 2014
• Labour board pushes Halifax nurses back to work

  Nurses in Halifax have been ordered to go to work after some of them refused to in defiance of proposed essential services legislation.

  Health

  Apr 2, 2014
• Halifax nurses poised to strike as essential services law pushed through

  Premier Stephen McNeil says the government's move was necessary after the NSGEU filed strike notice for Thursday.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2014
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• Halifax nurses refusing to show up for work

  A number of Halifax-area nurses didn't show up to work Tuesday as tensions rose and their union president told a legislature committee a bill on essential services essentially takes away the right to strike.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2014
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• Nova Scotia introduces essential services bill as nurses prepare to go on strike

  The Nova Scotia government has introduced essential services legislation as Halifax-area nurses prepare to go on strike Thursday.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2014