Nurses in British Columbia will picket the province’s largest hospital next week
The union says 60,000 nurses will keep overtime limits and non-nursing work bans while returning to talks with health employers Monday.
- Beginning Tuesday, July 7 at 5:30 a.m., the BCNU will escalate job action with a picket line at Vancouver General Hospital while maintaining essential service levels to protect patient safety.
- The escalation follows an historic strike vote where 98.2% of nearly 51,000 nurses voted in favor of job action, after 67% rejected a tentative agreement failing to address wage and retention concerns.
- Since Thursday, NBA members have enforced a provincewide ban on non-nursing duties and overtime restrictions to pressure the Health Employers Association of B.C. for a new collective agreement.
- HEABC and the NBA agreed to return to the bargaining table on Monday afternoon, though BCNU President Adriane Gear stated the government must address the intense daily pressure nurses face.
- BCNU CEO Jim Gould emphasized the government cannot solve the nursing shortage without serious improvements to working conditions, including pay increases and mitigation of unsafe staffing levels.
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The Toronto Star
Nurses in British Columbia will picket the province’s largest hospital next week
VICTORIA - The union representing nurses in British Columbia says it will put up pickets around the province's largest hospital starting next week as it escalates its strike.
Winnipeg Free Press
Nurses in British Columbia will picket the province's largest hospital next week
VICTORIA - The union representing nurses in British Columbia says it will put up pickets around the province's largest hospital starting next week as it escalates its strike.
BC nurses will escalate job action Tuesday
Beginning Tuesday, July 7 at 5:30 a.m., BC nurses will escalate job action with picket line at Vancouver General Hospital, while maintaining essential service levels to protect patient safety. The announcement comes one day after a province-wide non-nursing ban and restriction on overtime fo...
B.C. nurses plan to escalate with a picket line at Vancouver hospital Tuesday
After initiating job action this week, the BC Nurses Union (BCNU) plans to escalate with a picket line at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) next Tuesday. The union says nurses could gather as early outside VGH as 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, adding that essential services will continue to protect the safety of all patients. The picket line plans were announced Friday, a day after the unions first move, putting a stop to non-essential nursing ser…
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