IWK Health Centre CANADAHALIFAX news Potential health care worker strike in N.S. averted after deal is ratified by admin 13 سبتمبر، 2024 written by admin 13 سبتمبر، 2024 37 CITYnews halifax / By 95.7 News Radio Staff Members of the unions representing more than 9,000 health care professionals in the province have agreed to ratify a tentative bargaining agreement. In a release, officials from CUPE, Unifor and the NSGEU all said 79 per cent of members voted in favour of the two-year deal. Highlights of the agreement include economic increases of 3 per cent retroactive to November 1, 2023 and a 2 per cent increase on November 1, 2024. Paramedic hourly wages at Nova Scotia Health will also be aligned with paramedics employed by Emergency Health Services. Union members work in such fields as physiotherapy, psychology, lab staff, continuing care, and social work, among others at Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre. “This agreement shows healthcare workers that we want to keep them in Nova Scotia, sets wages and benefits that will help in recruitment and retention,” said Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson in a news release. “(It) allows us to continue the transformation into a modern, high-performing healthcare system.” The contract runs from November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2025. According to the province, 291 collective agreements have been reached by government or government-funded organizations since 2021. 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post Nova Scotia adopts bill declaring domestic violence in the province an epidemic next post Irish company planning to produce jet fuel in Goldboro, N.S., at former LNG site You may also like Canadian Coast Guard crew member lost at sea... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 First American-born player unveiled as 36th captain of... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 Nova Scotia NDP accuse government of prioritizing landlord... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 Transport Canada orders plan to remove huge tidal... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 منعُ مدرّس في مونتريال من مواصلة التعليم لازدرائه... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 عمليات البدء في بناء منازل جديدة تراجعت 22,3%... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 تراجُع التضخم السنوي إلى 2,0%، هدفِ بنك كندا... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 Rogers acquires majority MLSE stake from Bell in... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 With strike over, Halifax Public Library staff return... 18 سبتمبر، 2024 Police charge relative with second-degree murder in Devon... 17 سبتمبر، 2024