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Title: B.C. Nurses strike, VGH [Vancouver General Hospital]
Description: Union of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular
Show moreUnion of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular registered nurses.
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Date: 1990-07-12

Title: B.C. Nurses at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] on first day of strike
Description: B.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage
Show moreB.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage restraint. The Hospital Employees Union was conducting its own strike vote at the time. Nurses walk the picket line outside Vancouver General Hospital.
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Date: 1989-06-14

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