Job Action Temporarily Suspended in Communities Impacted by Wildfires

As concerns continue to grow over threats of wildfire in the Fraser Valley and Pemberton Valley, the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) is temporarily suspending job action at Fraser Canyon Hospital, Hope Community Health, Fraser Hope Lodge, Agassiz Community Health Centre and Pemberton Community Health Care Centre to support residents of communities threatened by wildfires. NBA members across BC have been engaging in job action since July 2. This has included a ban on non-nursing duties and a restriction on overtime hours.

“Our patients and communities always come first,” said BCNU President Adriane Gear. “The aim of job action is to show how dependent the employer is on nurses doing non-nursing duties, not to impact patient care. Nurses both work and live in these communities. We are here to support those affected by wildfires, so we are putting a pause on job action in communities impacted until further notice.”

Gear says the union will continue to monitor wildfire situations in other parts of the province and may take further actions to support communities under threat as needed.

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