In a surprise move, the council of Nova Scotia health-care unions is recommending its members agree to a new process to try to resolve the protracted contract dispute with the province's health authority and the IWK Health Centre. After information sessions are conducted, union members are expected to vote on the proposal in the coming weeks. This news comes as the threat of a strike by health-care workers at the IWK, other than doctors and nurses, was starting to grow. If members ratify the proposal, it would be a big step in efforts to avoid job action by lab techs, social workers, respiratory therapists and other health workers at the region's largest children's hospital. While such an agreement has yet to be reached between workers and the Nova Scotia Health Authority, there is one in place at the IWK.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2018 15:02 UTC