Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson attends a briefing in Halifax on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS_Andrew Vaughan CANADAHALIFAX news Health minister asks Nova Scotia Health, IWK to prepare for potential strike by admin 28 أغسطس، 2024 written by admin 28 أغسطس، 2024 38 CITYnews halifax / By Mark Hodgins Nova Scotia’s health minister says there is “no more to offer” ahead of the final day of scheduled talks between the province’s two health authorities and the Council of Health Care Unions. In a letter to the CEO’s of the health authorities on Tuesday, Michelle Thompson asked them to “begin to plan for labour disruption”. “The current negotiations have been difficult but talks continue and Thursday’s conciliation date will be the fourth day the parties have worked with a conciliation officer,” Thompson wrote. “This follows five months of discussions, including nine full days since March 2024.” The NSGEU, CUPE and Unifor, which bargain together as the Council of Health Care Unions, have been without a collective agreement since Oct. 31. “The reality is that with a staggering provincial deficit, there is just no more to offer,” Thompson wrote in her letter. “We simply can’t sweeten the offer because the taxpayer is already stretched to their limit.” In response to Thompson’s letter, the Council of Health Care Unions says the communication “has no other impact than to derail the bargaining process”. “It is disappointing that 48 hours before we were set to return to the bargaining table, the Minister of Health has decided to politicize and undermine health care bargaining by negotiating through the media,” said NSGEU President Sandra Mullen. Workers represented by the unions include those in diagnostic imaging, laboratories, mental health and addictions, cancer therapy and paramedics. 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post There was no bear attack in Eastern Passage, says DNRR next post وأخيرا.. العين المجردة وتقنيات الفلك تكشف تزييف الذكاء الاصطناعي! You may also like Latest survey shows majority of votes would go... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Chance of flurries this week in Halifax 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Canadian Union of Postal Workers issues 72-hour strike... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Double-double trouble: N.S. Tories accused of vote-buying with... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 فورد يدعو إلى اتفاق تجارة حرة مع الولايات... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 سعاة البريد قد يبدأون إضراباً يوم الجمعة 12 نوفمبر، 2024 ‘I get goosebumps’: Canadians across the country mark... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Burned vehicle contained human remains; RCMP probing ‘suspicious’... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Nova Scotia NDP candidate out after criticism for... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 نوفا سكوشا: انسحاب مرشّحة على خلفية منشوريْن عن... 12 نوفمبر، 2024