Special mediators appointed to resolve B.C. nurses' labour dispute with health employers
Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers have 10 days to help BCNU and HEABC reach a settlement in their ongoing contract negotiations.
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Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside has appointed Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers as special mediators in the ongoing labour dispute between the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) and the B.C. Nurses' Union (BCNU).
The appointments establish a formal process for the parties to work together toward a settlement. The special mediators will work with both sides for a period of 10 days. If the outstanding issues are not resolved within that window, the mediators will provide recommendations to the minister and the parties.
"Nurses are central to B.C.'s health-care system, and reaching a fair resolution is important to patients and health-care workers throughout the province," the ministry said in a statement.
The appointments were made under Section 76 of the Labour Relations Code, a mechanism that allows the minister to appoint mediators when labour disputes reach an impasse.
