Arbitrator decision expected today on Health Authorities Act
Posted Jan 19, 2015 08:13:16 AM.
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NSGEU president Joan Jessome said a Supreme Court decision about Mounties not being able to unionize, proves their case that the Liberals were wrong.
Jessome said the decision makes it very clear that the government has trampled on their rights through the passage of the Health Authorities Act.
A decision on bargaining units in the province is expected to come down today from arbitrator, James Dorsey.
“And if we’re not successful on Monday, when Mr. Dorsey renders his decision, then we are not nervous at all to take it to the highest court in the land — the decision that workers have the constitutional right to vote,” said Jessome.
She said the decision effectively means the Liberal government’s Bill 1 will not withstand a constitutional challenge at the Supreme Court level.
The NSGEU is calling on Health Minister, Leo Glavine, to meet with the four unions involved to discuss the significance of the decision.
Glavine is set to make a statement after Dorsey delivers his decision later this morning.
