Local 97 – Essential Service Committee Update
Local 97 CDHA Nurses
Essential Service Committee Update
Your Essential Service Committee met again with your Employer today (May 16, 2014). The Employer provided a proposed staffing plan.
The Union and your Essential Service Committee is made up of the following members:
- Dave Roberts (Labour Lawyer at Pink-Larkin)
- Shawn Fuller (Director of Negotiations at NSGEU)
- Linda Power (Lead Negotiator for the Nurses Bargaining Unit at NSGEU)
- Robert Chisholm, RN
- Keri Webster-McIsaac, RN
- Patricia MacDonald, RN
- Karen Ferguson, RN
- Joan Bourque, RN
The committee will now begin analysis of the services proposed by your Employer.
This analysis requires that the frontline committee members listed above visit work sites within CDHA over the next several weeks to discuss the plan with members.
If you have any questions or concerns about strike pay, please contact the NSGEU by calling 424-4063 (toll-free 1-877-556-7438) or emailing inquiry@nsgeu.ca
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