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Nova Scotia
unions
announces
strike vote
HALIFAX — After more than
a year of bargaining, the Nova
Scotia Health Care Council of
Unions said on March 22 it will
soon hold Nova Scotia's first ever
province-wide health-care bar-
gaining unit strike vote.
The employers, representing
the Nova Scotia Health Author-
ity (NSHA), have slowed the
pace of bargaining significantly
over the last two months, said
the council of unions.
The council tabled an entire
collective-agreement package,
while the employers have only
tabled individual proposals, ac-
cording to the council
The Nova Scotia Council of
Health Care Unions includes the
Nova Scotia Government and
General Employees Union (NS-
GEU), Canadian Union of Pub-
lic Employees (CUPE), Unifor
and Nova Scotia Nurses' Union
(NSNU).
The health-care bargaining
unit represents 6,500 health-
care members. The NSGEU is
the chief negotiator with CUPE
acting as the deputy negotiator.
The council and NSHA have
further conciliation dates set for
April 10, 11, 12 and again on May
2, 3 and 4, said the council.
Ontario
school bus
drivers ratify
agreements
TORONTO — School bus driv-
ers at First Student Canada and
Parkview Transit in Ontario —
members of Unifor locals 4268
and 1285 — voted on March 25
to accept new collective agree-
ments.
Unifor Local 4268 represents
more than 120 employees at
First Student in Bowmanville,
Ont. The drivers voted 94.5 per
cent in favour of a new three-
year agreement, officially end-
ing a three-day bus strike. Full
service to schools in the Durham
and Kawartha regions in Ontar-
io will resume on March 26, said
the union.
"This contract achieved a ma-
jor pay raise, with more than a
15 per cent increase in year one,
as well as a significant reduction
in unpaid work," said Debbie
Montgomery, Unifor, Local 4268
president.
The Parkview Transit drivers
— new members of Unifor Local
1285 — voted in favour of a first
collective agreement that will
cover about 450 drivers in the
Brampton, Ont., region.
Toronto
spiritual care
practitioners
join CUPE
TORONTO — Chaplains and
spiritual care practitioners from
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Prov-
idence Health Centre and St.
Michael's Hospitals in Toronto
voted on March 19 to join the
Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees (CUPE).
The 32-person unit consists
of hospital chaplains and spiri-
tual care practitioners from dif-
ferent religious denominations
across the three hospitals, which
merged in 2017, according to the
union.
"With all the changes going on
at the hospitals due to the merg-
er, these workers decided they
wanted to have a strong, unified
voice in their workplace, equal
treatment from their employer
and respect for the services
they provide," said Deb Oldfield,
CUPE organizer.
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