Description: The New Brunswick government and the province’s nurses union have negotiated a tentative collective agreement. The last contract between the two sides was reached in 2009 after the nurses threatened to strike.

Source: CBC

Date: 01/14/2012

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/01/14/nb-nurses-union-tentative-deal.html

Related links:

• Story from 2009
• New Brunswick Human Resources ministry
• New Brunswick Nurses Union
• Union YouTube page
• New Brunswick Public Service Labour Relations Act

Questions for discussion:

• How long had the nurses been without a contract?
• What were the main issues in the 2009 negotiations?
• What were the highlights of the 2009 agreement?
• Look at the videos on the union YouTube page. Whom do you think they are aimed at?
• Do you think they are effective?