Capital Health calls meetings with nurses about illegal strike
Posted Apr 15, 2014 04:38:15 PM.
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Nova Scotia’s largest health authority says it has scheduled meetings with about 150 unionized registered nurses to discuss their part in a recent illegal strike.
The Nova Scotia Labour Board issued a cease-and-desist order April 1 after some nurses did not report for their shifts, forcing the cancellation of dozens of surgeries as tensions rose ahead of a legal strike that was ended by essential-services legislation.
Capital Health spokesman John Gillis says following the meetings, hospital officials will review the facts to determine whether discipline is warranted.
He says in an email the health authority warned the union ahead of time that there would be consequences if the collective agreement was broken.
In the legislature, interim NDP leader Maureen MacDonald said the authority shouldn’t act in a way that will worsen morale and damage work relations with its nurses after the contract dispute.
Premier Stephen McNeil said the issue is between the workers and their employer, which has the right to act against illegal action.
