B.C. Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement, Avoiding Strike
The tentative agreement also adds benefits, workplace safety and funding for minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, after a 98.2% strike mandate.
- On Friday, the B.C. Nurses' Union reached a tentative collective agreement with the Health Employers Association, covering about 60,000 nurses across British Columbia.
- Tensions peaked 10 days ago when nurses delivered a record 98.2 per cent strike mandate, the first authorization in 25 years, shifting bargaining power decisively.
- The agreement includes a 12 per cent general wage increase over four years, alongside improvements to benefits coverage and workplace safety, plus access to "enhanced mandate monies."
- Union President Adriane Gear confirmed the union also negotiated "significant additional funding" from the Health Ministry to implement minimum nurse-to-patient ratios across the province.
- Members will review full details before casting ballots in a ratification vote scheduled from June 15 to 19, finalizing the tentative agreement.
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Job action averted as B.C. nurses reach tentative contract deal
British Columbia's nurses won't be taking job action, after reaching a tentative deal on a new collective agreement on Friday. It comes after members of the B.C. Nurses' Union voted 98.2 per cent in favour to give leadership a strike mandate earlier this month amid stalled contract talks. The union's last agreement expired in March 2025.
B.C. Nurses’ Union reaches tentative deal for new collective agreement - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
The B.C. Nurses’ Union has reached a tentative deal with the Health Employers Association of B.C., 10 days after delivering a record 98.2 per cent strike vote mandate. “This tentative agreement was reached because nurses across British Columbia came together and showed they were prepared to fight for meaningful change,” Union President Adriane Gear said in a Friday (May 22) news release. The deal will include the same wage increase other public …
B.C. Nurses’ Union reaches tentative deal for new collective agreement - Grand Forks Gazette
The B.C. Nurses’ Union has reached a tentative deal with the Health Employers Association of B.C., 10 days after delivering a record 98.2 per cent strike vote mandate. “This tentative agreement was reached because nurses across British Columbia came together and showed they were prepared to fight for meaningful change,” Union President Adriane Gear said in a Friday (May 22) news release. The deal will include the same wage increase other public …
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