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Tentative Deal Reached For 44,000 Nurses Across British Columbia

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Nov, 2018 06:34 PM
    VICTORIA — The Health Employers Association and The B.C. Nurses' Union bargaining group have announced a tentative agreement for the province's 44,000 nurses.
     
     
    The agreement falls under the B.C. government's sustainable services negotiating mandate, which in 2019 includes a general wage increase of two per cent in each year of a three-year agreement.
     
     
    The mandate also allows for the ability to negotiate conditional funding, but no details of the agreement will be released until after a ratification vote.
     
     
    The tentative deal covers registered nurses, psychiatric and licensed practical nurses working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home-support and mental-health facilities.
     
     
    A union spokeswoman says ratification votes will be held around the province until Jan. 21 and the results are expected to be announced by Jan. 22.
     
     
    The government says in a news release that nearly 155,000 public-sector employees are covered by tentative or ratified agreements under the sustainable services mandate.

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