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   From: {~_~}@nyet.ca   
      
   A whole lot more than the truckers' strike.   
      
   Sure doesn't say much for the current government in BC, does it - when   
   province-crippling unions are forced to take strike votes instead of   
   being able to negotiate fair agreements?   
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   The Canadian Press Posted: Mar 28, 2014   
      
   B.C. health workers to take strike vote as negotiations stall   
   Current collective agreement with 47,000 health care workers expires Monday   
      
      
   The unions seeking a strike vote in B.C. represent various care aides,   
   ambulance paramedics, health records staff, lab and other diagnostic   
   specialists, sterile supply techs, emergency dispatchers, nursing unit   
   clerks, trades and maintenance workers, activity aides and rehab   
   assistants, IT specialists, pharmacy techs, admitting and booking   
   clerks, administrative staff, cleaning and dietary staff, and many others.   
   	   
   Eleven unions representing 47,000 British Columbia health care workers   
   will be taking a strike vote.   
      
   The multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association says negotiations have   
   stalled on issues such as employment security and the contracting out of   
   services.   
      
   Chief union negotiator Bonnie Pearson says health employers have also   
   rejected proposals to expand roles for B.C.'s paramedics, which Pearson   
   says would improve health service delivery.   
      
   Pearson also says health employers are not taking steps to improve   
   employee safety in the province’s most dangerous workplaces.   
      
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   The Facilities Bargaining Association represents members who work in   
   hospitals, care facilities and emergency health services and includes   
   care aides, dietary staff, ambulance paramedics, emergency dispatchers,   
   cleaning staff, records and booking clerks, diagnostic specialists and   
   sterile supply technicians.   
      
   The Hospital Employees' Union represents about 85 per cent of workers   
   covered by the contract negotiations.   
      
   The current collective agreement expires on Monday.   
      
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