Nova Scotia nurses in capital region vote to strike

<p>HALIFAX – Nurses working for Nova Scotia’s largest health authority have voted 94 per cent in favour of going on strike.</p> <p>The nurses, represented by the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union, work for the Capital District Health Authority.</p> <p>The two sides are headed into conciliation.</p> <p>Union president Joan Jessome says the nurses won’t settle for a one per cent pay raise.</p> <p>The nurses work in a variety of areas, including mental health, public health, critical care, transplants, corrections, occupational health, education and rehabilitation.</p> <p>Their collective agreement expired Oct. 31, 2009.</p>