Now that an interim agreement has been reached, the next step is for each of the 51 members of the union to hold a membership meeting, virtually or personally, where possible. CUPE does not publish the details of the preliminary agreement until the 51 meetings have taken place and its members have had an opportunity to answer their questions. Normally, collective agreements are negotiated for four years, but Teare said the agreement has been extended to six to provide some stability for workers and the association. A four-year contract would have expired in October, which would immediately bring both sides back to the negotiating table. We are a member-oriented organization that focuses on the needs of New Brunswick nurses. The Union assists its members in negotiating collective agreements with employers. Negotiating a collective agreement protects the rights of members, individually and collectively, and is an important part of our advocates for our members. All NBNU collective agreements are negotiated on the basis of the care sector. The provisional agreement allows for a period of peace at work, but Teare says preparations for negotiations on the next treaty will soon begin. The union will begin developing proposals for Aboriginal people in the fall, which it will address for the next round of negotiations. Yesterday, Sharon Teare of CUPE, president of NBCNHU and her caregiver, said that „this agreement is of course „provisional” because the members of the nursing home have the final say on this. Its members are nurse practitioners, attendants, dietetic and laundry workers and office workers in nursing homes in New Brunswick.
After an overwhelming majority of care home workers ratified the interim agreement between the New Brunswick Host Association and union negotiators, the president of the New Brunswick Shelters Council (NBCNHU) says the union`s focus will now focus on working conditions in care homes. Unionized workers in retirement homes in the province have been out of contract since the old collective agreement expired in 2016. So far, a preliminary agreement on a 4 percent wage increase over four years has been rejected by union members in 2018. „Does the interim agreement tell us our value or compensate us for our value? No way. Do we earn more? You betcha,” said Sharon Teare, president of NBCNHU. More than 4,400 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in 51 non-profit homes have voted in secret ballot of the agreement in recent weeks. Earlier this week, the union, which represents more than 4,100 care home workers in New Brunswick, reached an interim agreement with employers for the second time in two years. It is now up to workers to decide whether this new convention places sufficient emphasis on their work, which cares for the province`s most vulnerable seniors. NBCNHU brings together 51 separate union premises in different care homes. Each nursing home is a separate employer that negotiates with NBCNHU.
However, the State Government received the first support because it funds the package on wages and working conditions. Workers in 46 of the province`s 51 unionized care homes voted to ratify the agreement and six voted in favour of the rejection.
