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1998
December 11, 1998
Nurses reject Foley report as an inadequate response to the looming nursing shortage
While funding for new positions is welcomed by nurses, the mediator's report would also impose major contract concessions that are completely unfair and unacceptable. More...
December 8, 1998
Foley addresses workload, standardization and some compensation issues
The Foley Report recommends "the provincial government provide $50 million in new funding to address the problems of the nurses' workload." More...
December 7, 1998
Time lines and process around mediator's report clarified
On December 2, the Nurses Bargaining Association (NBA) bargaining committee and BCNU council made the decision to suspend all job action and allow mediator Brian Foley to write a report with recommendations that will be taken to nurses for a vote. More...
December 3, 1998
Job Action suspended to await recommendations for settlement from mediator
Nurses Bargaining Association picket lines will be brought down today Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 23:30 pm and all other job action will be suspended at 6 am Dec. 3, following a decision by the NBA Bargaining Committee and BCNU Council to take a report by mediator Brian Foley to union members for a vote. More...
November 19, 1998
HEABC claims and the NBA facts
Nurses are extremely disappointed that the Health Employers' Association of BC is resorting to the use of misleading information and misrepresentations of fact in its effort to attack nurses' legitimate issues and justify its refusal to discuss them. More...
November 16, 1998
HEABC tells Nurses Bargaining Association: Abandon Remaining Workload and Equity Proposals
Yesterday HEABC offered the Nurses Bargaining Association 500 Full Time Equivalent regular positions to be distributed in Long Term Care and the Community, (they did not agree to calling in extra nurses in acute care) and standardization of wages and working conditions for all nurses on the last day of the contract. More...
November 5, 1998
Community and hospital stewards must ask their managers how many more regular nurses are required to deliver proper care
The information forthcoming from employers is incomplete. More...
November 2, 1998
Nurses win major breakthroughs. We're not "backing off." It's time to pause and prepare for the next round
A break in job action is required to give negotiators time to analyse new overtime data. The next phase of bargaining will be difficult and will require more job action. More...
October 28, 1998
HEABC forces weekend overtime ban
Despite the deadline for a province-wide weekend overtime ban issued by the Nurses Bargaining Association, HEABC has refused to move on the three key no-cost language issues which nurses have identified they need in this contract. More...
October 23, 1998
Extending Nurses' Job Action
HEABC's CEO Gary Moser stated today that HEABC expects a contract settlement for nurses within the next three weeks. More...
October 21, 1998
Nurses Bargaining Association serves strike notice
No major items have been agreed to since August 26. More...
October 16, 1998
BCNU disputes employers' costing of nurses' proposals
HEABC has been issuing inflated estimates of the costs of the Nurses' Bargaining Association proposals. More...
October 14, 1998
HEABC Believe Information is Power
And they don't want the Union to have membership data. More...
October 1, 1998
The Nurses' Bargaining Committee needs your help
With negotiations slow and painful, your representatives at the bargaining table feel we have no choice but to ask for a strike vote to press the employers to deal fairly with nurses. The workplace vote will take place on October 14. More...
September 22, 1998
Employer still stonewalling on language issues
HEABC continues to attack the rights of casual nurses, refuses a reasonable definition of a block, and insists on wasting public money on arbitration panels. More...
September 16, 1998
Bargaining goals reflect members' priorities
Workload and quality patient care far outweighed a pay increase among nurses' concerns as stated in the one-to-one canvass. More...
September 14, 1998
Employer attacks the rights of casual nurses
HEABC is proposing contract changes that would erode the rights of casual nurses, restrict their career choices, and drastically cut their pay for on-call work. The proposals would effectively gut casual call-in by seniority. More...
September 3, 1998
Bargaining Priorities Reaffirmed
The first action taken by your new BCNU council on September 1 was to reaffirm our bargaining priorities. More...
August 27, 1998
Proposal For Merged RN/RPN Seniority List Tabled
The Nurses Association Bargaining Committee tabled proposals on jurisdictional language in negotiations with HEABC this week. More...
August 24, 1998
Summer's Over but the Heat's On
Bargaining resumed today, with discussions on classifications. We're expecting negotiations to move on to monetary issues later this week or early next week. More...
July 29, 1998
Talks tense and progress slow
The Nurses' Association Bargaining Committee finished the first round of bargaining on July 22nd. More...
July 10, 1998
Casualization the main focus at latest bargaining talks
Casualization was the main issue again during the latest round of talks at the Nurses' Association bargaining table (July 6-8). More...
July 9, 1998
Regional voice mail system established for bargaining reports
Beginning July 9, 1998, BCNU members can phone into the Union's voice mail system, listen to a report on bargaining, and leave comments and/or questions. More...
June 29, 1998
Creation of more regular nursing positions dominates talks
The Nurses' Bargaining Association had extensive discussions with HEABC last week about the sharp increase in casualization and the dramatic decline in full-time regular nursing employment in BC during the past five years -- a key issue at the bargaining table. More...
June 24, 1998
Bargaining talks hit impasse with Jill Schmidt Health Services Inc.
On June 24, 1998, after four days of negotiations, the parties bargained to an impasse and failed to successfully conclude a collective agreement. More...
June 15,1998
Employer reveals shocking statistics showing steep jump in casualization, decline in full time positions
At the beginning of the latest round of nurses' bargaining, HEABC produced documents revealing a dramatic increase in the casualization of nurses' work, and a corresponding cut in the amount of full-time, regular employment. More...
June 2, 1998
Most key proposals exchanged, nurses' bargaining resumed June 2
Bargaining resumed between the Nurses' Bargaining Association and the Health Employers' Association of BC on June 2, following three days of talks last week. More...
May 4, 1998
Latest Bargaining Sessions Slower
Employer finds many OH&S issues hard to grasp. More...
April 23,1998
Bargaining Bulletin #2
Negotiations for our next collective agreement have begun. During this round of bargaining we have a very long "to do" list. More...
January 23,1998
Two Key Demands
As we move towards the next round of collective bargaining the two key messages that will be driving our demands are clear. To deliver quality health care there must be enough nurses to do the work. More...
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