N.B. nurses avoid strike with tentative deal
Monday, January 5th, 2009The New Brunswick government and the province’s 5,500 nurses have reached a tentative deal, avoiding a possible provincewide strike.
Marilyn Quinn, president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union, said the tentative agreement was struck at 1 a.m. Monday.
The two sides have agreed to withhold specifics of the new contract until a ratification vote is completed, which is expected in the next few weeks.
Quinn said both sides spent about 40 hours negotiating (more…)