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Today, the Nova Scotia Council of Health Care Unions announced that health care bargaining unit members who voted – voted 93% in support of a province-wide strike. We thank all the members who participated in the vote. The Council of Unions is under a media black out until members have the opportunity to vote on a proposed agreement with the Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK. CUPE 8920 has 4,700 members are employed by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, which consists of eight area health authorities.
The Nova Scotia Council of Health Care Unions, in partnership with all four bargaining committees, is recommending a proposed agreement with the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK be ratified by the membership. The proposal would provide a mediation arbitration process to conclude collective agreements for all four bargaining committees in health care, nursing, support and administrative professionals. Under this proposal mediation arbitration would be used to resolve any issues that cannot be concluded at the bargaining table and all four bargaining units would have a collective agreement by the end of the year. This agreement will be put to a vote by all acute care members. This is a significant development and we understand that there will be many questions and much discussion as to the details and benefits of this proposal. A full information package is currently being developed and will be available beginning this weekend including … Read more…