A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the union representing about 60,000 nurses in British Columbia and their provincial employer.
The deal comes after members of the BC Nurses’ Union voted this month more than 98 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary, more than a year after their last agreement expired.
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The union says in a news release that the deal includes a general wage increase of 12 per cent over four years, improvements to benefits, workplace safety measures and provisions for better work conditions.
The release says it has also negotiated an agreement with the Ministry of Health, securing “significant additional funding” toward the implementation of minimum nurse-to-patient ratios across the province.
The union says a vote on ratification is scheduled from June 15 to 19.
The province says additional details on the deal will be made public after ratification is complete on both the employer’s side and the nurses’ side.
A bit premature to report this. Nurses are tired and sick of this nonsense.
YOU TRY THERE JOB Knotrofous ! COMMENT BELOW !!! SEE IF YOU DON’T NEED A MASSAGE ! YOU I D I O T
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD , IT’S ABOUT BLO ODY TIME YOU ASS HOLES SHOWED SOME RESPECT TOWARDS THESE NURSES !!! TEACHERS NEXT PLEASE !!!
Would be nice to know the details of their whole package……The ‘orchestrated OT’ and unlimited massages seen a little over-the -top!
I know several nurses. They say they have not been presented with this so-called tentative deal. Let alone to vote on it.