Public health nurses head to the picket line

Group of nurses, public health nurses and registered practical nurses at the picket line in protest of broken down bargaining talks. June 19, 2023.

A group of nurses with Hastings Prince Edward Public Health went to the picket line Monday after bargaining talks broke down. The talks between the Ontario Nurses Association and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reached a standstill during negotiations and were unable to come to an agreement after conciliation on June 13.“We were impacted on our last contract negotiations and were informed that we should be happy to receive anything over 1% as that was what the other nurses received,” explained Joshua Davis, a registered practical nurse with HPEPH and an organizer of the picketing.

“We don’t want to be we don’t want to be forced to withdraw our services, but our employer is giving us no choice,” Davis tells Quinte News. “They did not come to the table prepared to negotiate and they did not come prepared to to give us a wage that we deserve.”Davis says there are also some nurses picketing at the offices in Picton, Trenton and Bancroft.“We don’t want to fight but we if we have to we will stand up for ourselves”

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