BC Strike Vote HSA
Posted
November 20, 2012
Canadian Press
Job action could be looming in the health care sector after members of the Health Sciences Association voted 90 per cent in favour of a strike.
Association president Reid Johnson says his members are seeking a fair and reasonable wage increase and refuses to respond to requests for costing on budget-saving measures.
Seventeen-thousand H-S-A members have been without a contract since March.
The union represents a wide range of professionals -- from lab techs to physiotherapists, social workers, dieticians, pharmacists, music therapists, child care consultants and special needs preschool teachers.
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