Overview
- The Nurses Bargaining Association and the Health Employers Association of BC accepted recommendations from mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers on July 24, bringing rotating pickets and bans on non-nursing duties to an end.
- Job action is set to stop late Friday as members begin a review period before a ratification vote will decide whether the recommendations become the new collective agreement.
- Mediators conducted about 10 days of intensive talks and produced proposals that address outstanding issues from a May 22 tentative deal, including steps on workplace violence and limits on assigning non-nursing duties.
- The union reported thousands of intimidation or discipline complaints from nurses during the July job action and filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the B.C. Labour Relations Board.
- If members reject ratification the parties may return to bargaining or move key compensation disputes to binding arbitration in the fall, and the outcome could shape staffing, safety and workloads across B.C. hospitals.