BCNU Bargaining and Job Action Committees Elected at Provincial Conference

Delegates to the BC Nurses' Union Provincial Bargaining Strategy Conference today elected the bargaining team and job action committee that will represent nurses in negotiations for a new Nurses' Bargaining Association (NBA) provincial collective agreement.

The seven members elected to the Provincial Bargaining Committee are:

Anne-Marie Charbonneau (long-term care)
Deborah Bradshaw-White (community)
Michael Prevost (community)
Claudette Jut (acute care - large: 701 members or more)
Shannon Sluggett (acute care - large: 701 members or more)
William Howe (acute care - medium: 201-700 members)
Hanna Embree (acute care - small: 200 members or fewer)

These members will join BCNU CEO/Executive Director and chief negotiator Umar Sheikh and BCNU Acting President Christine Sorensen at the bargaining table in meetings with health employers and the provincial government anticipated to begin later this year.

Conference delegates also elected the representatives who will serve on the union's Provincial Job Action Committee (PJAC).

Elected PJAC members are:

Jereme Bennett (acute care)
Valerie Anne Williams (community)
Shawntel Hildebrandt (member at large
Carolyn McDonald (member at large)
Long-term care - position vacant

The NBA collective agreement covers more than 46,000 nurses in BC. The contract expires March 31, 2019.