HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government says the province’s 385 medical residents have ratified a contract agreement with the province.
Deputy premier Diana Whalen has issued a statement saying the deal stays within the government’s fiscal plan.
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The contract includes a wage increase of three per cent over four years, but it starts with a wage freeze in the first two years.
The deal, reached after four days of talks in May, also covers 540 medical residents in other parts of the Maritime provinces.
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Meanwhile, the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union says it has put a contract ratification vote on hold until mid-January for 7,600 civil servants.
The union delayed the vote after the province’s 9,000 teachers rejected a similar tentative deal on Tuesday.
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