Health Administrative Professionals’ Day of Action, Part II

We want to keep the momentum going after your wildly successful Day of Action on Monday!

To coincide with going back to the bargaining table on Wednesday, October 11^th, we are planning a second Day of Action, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the same locations:

• Halifax, University Avenue (in front of the Dickson entrance)
• Dartmouth, Dartmouth General Hospital
• Cape Breton, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
• Truro, Colchester East Hants Health Centre
• Windsor, Hants Community Hospital
• Kentville, Valley Regional Hospital
• Bridgewater, South Shore Regional Hospital
• Yarmouth, Yarmouth Regional Hospital
• Antigonish, St. Martha’s Regional Hospital
• New Glasgow, Aberdeen Hospital
• Amherst, Cumberland Colchester Hospital

We need you to show up and create another sea of red and send your employers and government a clear message: you’re mad and you expect them to come to the table with a fair deal for admin!

In the meantime, we need to keep the pressure up! The best way to do this is for you to contact your MLA and speak with them directly about a few key things:

• Tell them your story and how hard it is to get by on what you make;
• Ask them why you should accept a deal that equates to a pay cut? (point out that inflation was double the wage offer in the last year of the offered deal and it keeps getting higher)
• Our nurses are leading in Atlantic Canada when it comes to pay rates – why should our admin professionals be among the lowest paid in Atlantic Canada?
• Talk about your wages versus your living expenses: ask them how they would make ends meet in your situation. Don’t you deserve to earn a living wage?

You can find out who your MLA is by entering your address on this website: https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo/

Once you know who your MLA is, you can find their phone number on this web page: https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles

Better yet, you can schedule a meeting or show up at their Constituency Office to meet with them in person, either on your own or with a group of your co-workers. Avoid any confrontation. Be polite but firm. And remember, you are their constituent. They will be seeking your vote again in 2025.

It’s really important that you speak with your MLA before the Legislature reconvenes for their Fall sitting on October 12^th (the day after you go back to the bargaining table). Your elected representatives need to know how important this issue is, so it is top of mind during this legislative session.

Once you’ve had a chance to speak with them, please share what they said publicly on your Facebook page using the hashtag #MyMLAonMyPay. Let’s hold them accountable!