The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer for referring the action to a labour tribunal. On Thursday, nurses in the seven Nunavik communities on the Hudson Bay coast staged a sit-in after months of staffing shortages in the communities that authorities have been unable to address. The Inuulitsivik Health Centre in Puvirnituq, their employer, asked the labour administration tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail) to intervene, something the union denounced in a statement on Friday. Normally, 30 enlarged role nurses need to be in place, distributed between the Hudson Bay communities. “We’re asking the employer to listen to the health care professionals who want to offer health care to the community.
