By Moises Canales
Jan 28, 2021 4:42 PM
New collective bargaining agreements involving the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Service Employees’ International Union West (SEIU-West) have been ratified with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO).
The financial settlement in the SEIU-West collective agreement includes zero per cent, zero per cent, one per cent, two per cent, two per cent and two per cent from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022 with an option for a sixth year at two per cent.
The CBA with SUN involves a financial settlement of zero per cent, zero per cent, one per cent, two per cent, two per cent and two per cent; it is one of the first agreements in health care to recognize the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission relating to health care. The collective agreement runs from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2024.
New collective agreements mark first time all unionized Sask. health-care workers reach settlement under SHA
The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Service Employees’ International Union West (SEIU-West) ratified new collective bargaining agreements with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations on Thursday.
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Posted: Jan 28, 2021 1:31 PM CT | Last Updated: January 28
The Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations ratified new collective bargaining agreements with the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and the Service Employees’ International Union West on Thursday.(Colin Butler/CBC)
For the first time since the Saskatchewan Health Authority was formed in December of 2017, it has collective bargaining agreements in place with the unions that represent all of its employees.
In a media release Thursday, the Saskatchewan government announced the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and Service Employees’ International Union West (SEIU-West) had ratified agreements with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO).
The agreements initially were reached in November, but needed to be ratified.
The SEIU-West collective agreement covers five years, from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022. According to the government, employees won’t receive a salary increase for the first two years but then will get annual raises of one, two and two per cent. There’s an option for a sixth year with a two per cent salary increase.