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Nova Scotia Health Authority Collective Agreements

The Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and the IWK Health Centre (IWK) have now reached collective agreements for the four collective bargaining units representing their unionized workers. The Nova Scotia Council of Nursing Unions has reached new collective agreements. I would like to thank the members of the negotiating teams for both parties. Collective bargaining requires a great deal of focus and effort, and they have continued to focus on the process as they roll out mass screening and vaccination programs, caring for patients and responding to the extraordinary tensions and demands of the health care system. I would also like to thank the arbitrator for the role he played in reaching this agreement. Randy Delorey, Hazelton Industrial Relations Minister, said the most important thing is that they are able to negotiate a collective agreement that applies to all registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who work for the health authority or the IWK. A decision published today, in December. 4, by mediator/arbitrator Bill Kaplan covered the outstanding issues of collective bargaining for the other two bargaining units: health care and support. This resolution closes the negotiation process.

The agreements concern the four unions involved in the nursing council; The Nova Scotia Nurses Union, the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union, CUPE and Unifor. One agreement exists between the Council and the IWK and the other with the Nova Scoita Health Authority. “A redesigned emergency room will allow the IWK to continue to meet updated standards for patient and staff safety, confidentiality, infection prevention and control,” said Dr. Shannon MacPhee, IWK Chief of Emergency Medicine. “It will also encourage more innovation among service providers and allow the Ministry to better meet the needs of patients with mental health issues.” We have now settled the collective agreements until October. 31, 2020, with union councils for health care, health support, members of the health administration and nursing. As we prepare to begin negotiations with Nova Scotia Health for the Support Bargaining Unit, it is important that your union is able to communicate effectively with each member to provide important information during negotiations and instructions for online voting on a draft collective agreement. “This is a fair and balanced agreement that recognizes the hard work and dedication of our health care workers to help Nova Scotia through this pandemic while being affordable for all Nova Scotians,” said Premier Iain Rankin. “It will ensure stability in the delivery of health services to Nova Scotians and provide much-needed security as we emerge from this third wave of COVID and a year and a half of challenges and uncertainty. The Health Care Council of Unions says it conducted an extensive wage analysis that showed that the wages of many Nova Scotia health care workers have fallen below what they should be compared to other provinces, largely due to “seven years of austerity by the provincial government.” The Health Care Council of Unions consists of the NSGEU, CUPE and Unifor and represents approximately 7,500 health care workers in various positions at Nova Scotia Health across the province and at the IWK. The Nurses Collective Agreement applies to certified nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurses. The health promotion collective agreement applies to positions such as engineering services, nutrition and food services, environmental services, reprocessing of medical devices and others.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia health care workers have agreed to a new collective agreement with the province to avoid a possible strike. “The salary improvements in this new agreement are a positive step forward, particularly for care team assistants, to recognize the value of these front-line employees,” Linda MacNeil, Unifor Atlantic Regional Director, said in a news release. “This contract provides a solid foundation on which to retain and attract health care workers to provide essential services to Nova Scotians.” The following collective agreements between the Nova Scotia Health Authority, the IWK and the Nova Scotia Council of Nursing Unions (NSCNU) will be in effect from November 1, 2014 to October 31, 2020. At the end of these agreements, the process of negotiating new contracts for the acute sector begins. The conciliation procedure was ratified by the employers` and trade union councils in May. In this way, all collective agreements could be concluded without the risk of work interruption. The effective date of the award is November 30, 2018. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the contract or award, the new collective agreements will come into effect 60 days after the award date, i.e. January 30, 2019. The government will also invest $6.9 million in the IWK to purchase a new MRI scanner and complete related renovations.

The new equipment will replace an existing and aging MRI scanner and is expected to be operational by spring 2020. An MRI scanner is a diagnostic imaging tool that provides detailed, non-invasive images of organs and internal structures. The IWK Health Centre is the maritime region`s leading health and research centre dedicated to the well-being of women, children, youth and families “The NSHA and IWK are delighted and encouraged by the successful conclusion of the collective bargaining process,” said Carmelle d`Entremont, NSHA Vice President, People and Organization Development. “These were complex negotiations that required a lot of thoughtful work on the part of all parties to reduce and consolidate nearly 50 agreements to four agreements per employer.” The three-year agreement, ratified today, July 14, provides for economic increases of 1.5 percent per year, with an additional percentage last year for all health workers. The agreement also includes other investments, such as . B a five percent classification adjustment for team caregivers who help the team care for patients or long-term residents of nursing homes. This will help the employer recruit and retain these professionals. The duration of the new agreement runs from 1 November 2020 to 31 October 2023. The Health Care Council of Unions represents approximately 6,500 full-time positions, including laboratory technicians, pharmacists and other regulated health professionals employed by NSHA and IWK.

You will need to register a personal email address to receive negotiation updates and vote on each new contract offer. Do not register your employer`s email address. The Constitution of the Nova Scotia Council of Nurses` Unions provides details on the standard operating procedures and legal responsibilities of the Council of Unions. Steve Ashton, IWK Vice President, People and Organisational Development, said: “We believe Mr Kaplan`s decision this week, following constructive mediation arbitration, is a fair and reasonable outcome for workers and employers. Most importantly, we are now better positioned to move forward and continue to provide quality care to the patients and families our organizations serve. Hazelton said a number of points have been negotiated in recent days, so only one point has been forwarded to the mediator-arbitrator. Government invests in expansion of IWK`s emergency department, replacement MRI “As the demand for our services increases and care evolves, the physical environment in which our physicians and staff work to provide care must also evolve,” said Dr. Krista Jangaard, President and CEO of the IWK Health Centre. “We are pleased and pleased that the government is investing in areas of care that improve access, enable more effective care and meet the needs of the patients and families we serve.” Janet Hazelton, president of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union, said they have been negotiating with the two employers in recent months. Hazelton, a St.

FX graduate and native of Antigonist, said that under the agreement, anything that was not resolved at the table would go to a mediator-arbitrator. The government is investing $1.4 million in the design development phase, which is expected to be completed by next summer. A call for proposals for the development of the design will be published in the new year and construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2020. “Even though we know there are still issues to be raised in 2023, we were confident that those out of 6. NSGEU President Jason MacLean speaks at a press conference in Dartmouth, N.S. NSHA Provincial Seniority Lists – Frequently Asked Questions “We are pleased to have finally been able to negotiate an agreement with their employers and government that will put them back on track, where they need to be: leaders in Atlantic Canada. Unifor Local 4603 Negotiations with the Nova Scotia Health Authority For the NSHA, the new agreement means that the terms and conditions for all employees in the collective bargaining unit will be more harmonized across the province. The IWK has its own separate agreement with the Trade Union Council, which contains many of the same conditions. However, this agreement also retains provisions specific to the IWK organization.

The expansion will help cope with the increase in the number of patients seen in the emergency department and will include more complex cases. Over the past two years, there has been a 14 percent increase in patient visits, with more than 33,000 emergency room visits last year. .

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