Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union will begin voting tomorrow on whether to strike over protecting member benefits.
Bonnie Pearson with the union says they have been in negotiations for a collective agreement for more than eight months.
“Health employers keep telling us that we need to pay for any kind of a modest wage increase by taking it out of our benefit plans and our members have said to us that’s not okay, so we’re seeking a strong strike mandate from them to hopefully bring health employers back to the table.”
Pearson says what job action would entail hasn’t yet been decided.
Voting is set to happen until November 1st, with results possibly being announced by November 2nd.
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