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KHMH workers cancel further industrial action

Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023. 11:13 am CST.

By Aaron Humes: According to Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority Workers’ Union (KHMHAWU) has decided to cancel its plans for future industrial action.

KHMHAWU President Andrew Baird wrote the Minister late on Thursday night to say, “As part of my commitment in today’s board meeting the KHMHAWU hosted a membership meeting tonight February 16th where it was voted by a majority for the cancellation of all industrial action that was [invoked] by the KHMHAWU.”

A sick-out had reportedly been scheduled for today, Friday, with a possible walk-out planned for Monday.

Baird previously said during an interview on Thursday that it was up to the Authority Management to deliver a concrete plan to address its issues, including periodic shortages of critical medical supplies, job security for workers, and the conclusion of a collective bargaining agreement. As he explained, “When a union takes industrial action, the industrial action is not for the comfort of the institution – it is for the institution to be in a [position of discomfort]. Obviously, what we are doing does have a cost to the management so they are trying to find ways to minimize that cost; the way to minimize that cost is to come to the table and find an amicable solution.”

For her part, Hospital CEO Chandra Nisbet-Cansino contended following Thursday’s board meeting, “We’ve addressed every single concern that has been brought to us so we hope that by having done that, the union will be able to appreciate that there is nothing that they have brought to us that we haven’t at least tried to address. Like I said, some fixes are short-term and some are long-term so we look forward to positive results again.”

 

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