Dear Health Care Bargaining Unit members, As a result of your employer’s recent communication (see the IWK message below) regarding overtime, the NSGEU wants to clarify that this change in practice for the Health Care bargaining unit was not agreed to in bargaining. The employer has decided to interpret the language around “hours worked” differently. […]
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QEII Redevelopment
By Zita Hildebrandt on October 4, 2018 in Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0101, Local 0104, Local 0122, Local 0124, Local 0189, Local 0190, Local 0191, Local 0193, Local 0195, Local 0423, Local 1246
Good afternoon, This morning, government announced their QEII redevelopment plans, which include the eventual decommissioning of part of the Victoria General site and the construction of five new health care buildings in the Halifax area. The NSGEU is committed to working with your employer to ensure our members’ jobs will be protected when construction is […]
Press Release: Health Care Workers Awarded Increase in Shift and Weekend Premiums
By Zita Hildebrandt on August 15, 2018 in Bargaining Updates, Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0104, Local 0122, Local 0193, Local 0195, Press Releases
Today, Aug. 15, Mediator / Arbitrator William Kaplan awarded union members in the Health Care Bargaining Unit an increase in shift and weekend premiums. Health Care Bargaining Unit members were awarded a 50 cent per hour increase to their current hourly premium rate. These premiums are added compensation earned when employees are assigned to work […]
Health Care Bargaining Unit Gets Increase in Shift and Weekend Premiums
By Zita Hildebrandt on August 15, 2018 in Bargaining Updates, Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0104, Local 0122, Local 0193, Local 0195
Last week you received the details of the new collective agreement awarded by Mediator/Arbitrator William Kaplan. As you will recall the initial award did not include a decision on shift and weekend premiums. Today, Mr. Kaplan awarded a 50 cent increase on shift and weekend premiums. The premium award can be found here. This is […]
Health Care Bargaining Update, August 8, 2018
By Zita Hildebrandt on August 8, 2018 in Bargaining Updates, Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0104, Local 0193, Local 0195, Local 0423
Following five days of mediation, (July 30-August 3) Mediator / Arbitrator William Kaplan issued an award today (click here to view and download the full award), Wednesday August 8, 2018, which finally establishes a collective agreement for more than 6,000 employees in the Health Care Bargaining Unit at the NSHA and the IWK. The process […]
50 years strong with NSGEU
Meet NSGEU member Sheldon Bisson, a Biomedical and Anesthesia Tech. Assistant with the Nova Scotia Health Authority. This is Sheldon’s 50th year with the union, and he says the support has been great. “I wouldn’t have a job without the union,” says Bisson. “They helped get my position sorted out when amalgamation took place. It […]
Health Care Bargaining Update: Progress made and next steps
By Zita Hildebrandt on July 12, 2018 in Bargaining Updates, Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0101, Local 0104, Local 0119, Local 0122, Local 0124, Local 0189, Local 0190, Local 0191, Local 0193, Local 0195, Local 0423, Local 1246
Your Health Care Bargaining Committee has spent the past several weeks preparing for a mediation arbitration hearing set for the last week of July with mediator arbitrator William Kaplan. The Committee has worked closely over the last eight weeks with lawyers at Pink Larkin to continue to narrow the issues and prepare our case. That […]
NSHA Central Employee Health Benefit Changes
Dear NSGEU members in Local 100. 101. 119, & 1246, Following the Employers annual benefit review process the NSHA (Central Zone) met with the NSGEU and proposed a 17% rate increase to employee health premiums. The Union did not accept this proposal and began a discussion that resulted in two changes to the benefit program. […]
Healthcare Bargaining Councils’ Bargaining Update – What’s Next?
By Zita Hildebrandt on June 1, 2018 in Bargaining Updates, Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0101, Local 0104, Local 0119, Local 0122, Local 0124, Local 0189, Local 0190, Local 0191, Local 0193, Local 0195, Local 0423, Local 1246
Since health care workers across Nova Scotia voted 93% to ratify the mediation/ arbitration agreement with the NSHA and IWK, the unions representing those workers have done much work on the next phase of the bargaining process that will conclude new collective agreements for all four bargaining units (Health Care, Administrative Professionals, Support Services and […]
Acute Health Care Ratification Vote Update – Voting is open
By Zita Hildebrandt on May 10, 2018 in Bargaining Updates, Home Page, Local 0100, Local 0101, Local 0104, Local 0119, Local 0122, Local 0124, Local 0189, Local 0190, Local 0191, Local 0193, Local 0195, Local 0423, Local 1246
By now you should have received your voting instructions and PIN. If you have not yet received your voting instructions please check the junk mail folder of your email or call the Labour Resource Center at 902-424-4063 or 1-877-556-7438 to ensure we have an updated email address for you. A full information package can be […]
