Impact of contracting out on health workers, public, reduced in framework agreement
APRIL 17, 2003, VANCOUVER: Unions representing 46,000 front-line health care workers say they�ve achieved a tentative framework agreement with government that mitigates the impact of contracting out on union members and the public.
�In exchange for forgone wage and pay equity increases, longer hours of work and wage reductions, government has agreed to cap the number of positions that can be contracted out,� says Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees� Union (CUPE). �At the same time, we�ve also gained access to better severance provisions and more bumping options for laid off workers.�
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