Nurses in Alberta to hold ratification vote on mediator-recommended agreement

Nurses successful Alberta are acceptable to ballot aboriginal this period connected a mediator’s recommended colony with their employers.

The United Nurses of Alberta says an online ratification ballot volition instrumentality spot connected Oct. 30.

It says the mediator is recommending wage increases ranging from 12 to 22 per cent implicit 4 years, arsenic good arsenic important hikes to immoderate wage premiums.

The national had been seeking 30 per cent wage raises implicit 2 years portion the Alberta government’s lasting connection is 7.5 per cent implicit 4 years.

Nurses had been mulling adjacent steps, including a imaginable onslaught vote, due to the fact that caller declaration talks with the state had been faltering implicit disagreements astir wage and staffing.

The United Nurses of Alberta represents much than 30,000 nurses and the projected woody involves 5 employers, including Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health.

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