Nurses in Alberta OK New Contract
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EDMONTON, Canada — Nurses in Alberta province, who struck illegally for 19 days in January and February, have voted overwhelmingly to accept an 8% pay raise over 27 months, the union said Wednesday.
The United Nurses of Alberta, with 11,700 members at over 100 Alberta hospitals, said 83% had voted to accept the new contract.
The nurses walked off the job on Jan. 26, defying a provincial law that bans essential employees from striking. They decided to return to work Feb. 12, one day before the Winter Olympics started.
The union and its members paid over $315,000 in fines.
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