Shared Health’s Provincial Health Labour Relations Services (PHLRS) and the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) have reached an agreement in principle on all major monetary components for 6,500 professional/technical/paramedical sector employees within Shared Health, Winnipeg-Churchill and Northern Health Region Employers’ Organizations.
A release on Shared Health’s website states, “This agreement builds on the earlier agreement in principle reached on May 31 concerning the parameters and approach to general wage increases. Both of these agreements were reached through intensive mediation and, after ratification, will deliver compounding general wage increases for each year beginning April 1, 2018, significant retroactive pay for general wage increases and other extensive monetary gains and improvements to support recruitment, retention, career advancement and education, and staff wellness.
With all major monetary issues now resolved, strike action and shift cancellations planned to occur this week have been averted. Aided by the mediator, the parties will continue negotiations on all remaining proposals and issues over the next few weeks, to conclude a new collective agreement as quickly as possible.
We appreciate the commitment, efforts, and collaboration of the bargaining teams on both sides and thank all for their tireless work. The intensive bargaining process between PHLRS and MAHCP began in March 2022, and mediation began on April 20, 2023. The parties have worked together to address fundamental issues and merge collective agreements within the Employers’ Organizations for the benefit of employees and Manitoba patients, residents and clients.
Once the new collective agreement has been finalized and ratified, health system employers will have concluded collective agreements at all health-care tables for more than 56,000 workers in nursing, community support, facility support, physician residents/interns, physician/clinical assistants, and the professional/technical/paramedical sectors.”
