By Marissa Birnie Members of British Columbia’s nurses union have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with union president Adriane Gear raising the prospect of …
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An arbitration board has awarded registered nurses at the Regional Municipality of Peel’s five long-term care homes wage parity with the Ontario …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour Relations
Ontario nurses launch Charter challenge to overturn 1965 arbitration law
The Ontario Nurses’ Association has filed a constitutional challenge seeking to strike down a 1965 law that bans hospital and long-term care …
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By Radha Agarwal | Delta Optimist For the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU), the upcoming strike vote on Friday, May 8 is a …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Manitoba hospital ordered to defend grievance over botched disability plan enrolment
A Manitoba arbitrator has dismissed Seven Oaks General Hospital’s preliminary motion to throw out a grievance from a nurse who was never …
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The Ottawa Hospital is moving to eliminate more than 200 front-line nursing positions, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) announced Friday. The cuts …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Edmonton LPN fired after solo tracheostomy procedure and theft of resident’s dessert
A licensed practical nurse at a continuing care facility in Edmonton was properly discharged after performing a tracheostomy ties change without assistance …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsImmigration
More than 400 U.S. health-care professionals now working in B.C.
The British Columbia government says more than 400 American-trained health-care professionals have accepted job offers across the province since it launched a …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Nurse’s termination upheld after arbitrator finds pattern of dishonesty across multiple incidents
A licensed practical nurse at an Alberta continuing care facility was justifiably terminated after an arbitrator found she repeatedly lied to her …
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More than 200 nurses and health-care workers picketed outside a corporate long-term care headquarters Wednesday, launching a provincial bargaining campaign centred on …

