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Scheduled talks concluded today, October 19, for the Nova Scotia Council of Nursing Unions. The Nursing Council met this fall with the Employer group, a group of 19 representatives from the IWK and the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) on September 4,5, 6, 19, 20, 21, and October 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19.
The 20-member Nursing Council is comprised of acute care nurses from NSNU, NSGEU, CUPE, and Unifor. The Council of Nursing Unions bargaining committee includes 11 members from NSNU, seven NSGEU, one from CUPE and one from Unifor.
The Council and the Employers have made significant progress in the last two months with some outstanding issues yet to be settled.
Issues that have not been resolved at the negotiating table will now be sent to the independent, third-party mediator-arbitrator (William Kaplan) for a final and binding award. Mr. Kaplan has set aside November 19-22 for Nursing Bargaining Unit mediation/arbitration.
The Council of Nursing Unions is working hard to ensure that your best interests are represented. The team thanks you for your continued support of its members across the province and commits to keeping you informed via regular updates as bargaining progresses.
The following is a list of members and staff of the Nursing Council:
- Janet Hazelton, NSNU
- Janis Ritcey, NSNU
- Laura Lee Sharpe, NSNU
- Vivian Starkey, NSNU
- Alaine Halliday, NSNU
- Gerri Oakley, NSNU
- Karen MacDonald, NSNU
- Chris VanZoost, NSNU
- Edson Castilho, NSNU
- Geoff Bennett, NSNU
- Jen Thiele, NSNU
- Shawna Boudreau, NSGEU
- Rochelle Ryan, NSGEU
- Trish MacLean, NSGEU
- Kerri McIsaac, NSGEU
- Denise Meade Jones, NSGEU
- Joanne Fairfax, NSGEU
- Trina Mauger, NSGEU
- Jim Laverie, CUPE
- Shauna Wilcox, Unifor
Staff:
- Chris Albrecht, NSNU
- Shawn Fuller, NSGEU