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“HSABC/NUPGE has advocated for us as specialized health care providers, fought hard to expand our job opportunities and for the application of psychiatric nursing in the health field."
Vancouver (25 Jan. 2012) - Representatives of the Provincial Nurses’ Bargaining Association – including registered psychiatric nurses represented by the Health Sciences Association of British Columbia (HSABC/NUPGE) – begin bargaining this week.
Bargaining with the employer began Jan. 24 and continues today. More bargaining dates are set Feb. 20-24.
“The union has been great at supporting a broader utilization of RPNs in the health care system,” Barker said in an activist profile article two years ago.
“HSABC/NUPGE has advocated for us as specialized health care providers, fought hard to expand our job opportunities and for the application of psychiatric nursing in the health field,” she said.
More than 1000 registered psychiatric nurses are covered by the provincial nurses’ collective agreement. The B.C. Nurses’ Union is the lead union of the Nurses’ Bargaining Association. The collective agreement expires in March 2012.
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