Bargaining Updates
HRHSSA Bargaining Update # 8
Sep 22 2023
(8:30am)
Your Bargaining Team returned to the table on September 18 in a meeting organized by federal mediators to hear a revised offer from your Employer, following a thoughtful and comprehensive…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #9
Sep 22 2023
(4:00pm)
Dear Members,
This update is to advise you that the Canada Industrial Relations Board has ruled, in response to the application from the Employer, that our strike declaration was unlawful…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #7
Sep 15 2023
Dear Members:
Your Employer finally agreed to come back to the bargaining table on September 13, 2023, to give your Bargaining Team an amended offer. This is the first time negotiations have taken…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #6
Sep 09 2023
We hope this message finds you all safe. It is with great regret that we once again find ourselves having to write this update during these extenuating circumstances.
As a follow up to last week, we…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #5
Sep 01 2023
We hope this message finds you all safe. It is with great regret that we find ourselves having to write this update during these extenuating circumstances.
We had hoped to provide a very different…
Avens Bargaining Update #6
Jul 18 2023
Ratification votes were held on July 17 for the tentative agreement reached between UNW-PSAC and Avens on July 12.
The agreement includes economic increases and new provisions for unpaid education…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #4 - Strike Vote Results and Next Steps
Jul 12 2023
Strike votes took place over two days on June 28 and July 11. An overwhelming majority of members voted in favour of strike action.
Your UNW/PSAC Bargaining team was impressed by the number of…
Response from GNWT Minister of Finance Re: HRHSSA Bargaining
Jul 10 2023
The following email was received from the GNWT Minister of Finance, in response to a letter sent to the Ministers of Finance and Health on June 26, 2023 regarding collective bargaining with the…
GNWT Bargaining Update #3
Jul 09 2023
Talks between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Union of Northern Workers for a new Collective Agreement broke off on July 7, 2023 without a deal being reached.
The GNWT and the…
Correspondence with GNWT Ministers Re: Avens
Jul 06 2023
The following letter was sent to the GNWT Ministers of Health and Finance on June 16, 2023. Links to view PDFs of original correspondence - including the response from the Minister of Finance are…
Local 21 Members: add your name to the letter to the Ministers of Health and Finance
Jul 04 2023
In support of your bargaining team and your fellow workers, you can add your name to the letter to the Ministers of Health and Finance asking them to provide the Employer with a mandate for a fair…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #3 - Strike Votes and FAQs
Jun 27 2023
Strike vote meetings are being held June 27 and July 11 at the Legion Hall in Hay River. You must attend the information session in order to vote:
June 27 Strike Vote Schedule
July 11 Strike Vote…
Letter to GNWT Ministers of Health and Finance Re: HRHSSA Collective Bargaining
Jun 26 2023
The following letter was sent to the GNWT Ministers of Health and Finance regarding Collective Bargaining with the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority:
Letter to GNWT Ministers of Health…
HRHSSA Bargaining Update #2
Jun 16 2023
Your PSAC-UNW Bargaining Team is going into conciliation with the Employer on Monday and Tuesday (June 19 - 20, 2023).
Since collective bargaining began, the Employer has failed to present a deal…
GNWT Bargaining Update #2
Jun 13 2023
Your UNW bargaining team has met four times with the GNWT bargaining team since starting negotiations with the employer in March 2023. The most recently meetings were held June 6-8; the next round of…