Nursing Organization

Question 1

Collective Bargaining

Answer 1

A Process where by workers meet their employers in order to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment applicable to each worker

• Work schedule/ hour, break times, benefits (HC, group insurances), wages, vacation pays, holidays, sick leave + grievances
• Follow the current agreement even when expired until a new agreement has been agreed.

Question 2

Collective Agreement

Answer 2

Establishes orderly relations between the parties to set working conditions of employees, and to facilitate the settlement of labour problems

• If expires before new collective agreement is completed, terms & conditions of the old collective agreement usually still applies.

Question 3

Grievance Procedure and Arbritation

Answer 3

Grievance is a claim that one or more of the provisions of a collective agreement have been violated, accompanied by a request for compensation.

• Grievance procedures are negotiated as part of the terms of the collective agreement
  1. A written submission: identifying what condition were breach
  2. Union rep to file the papers
  3. Binding arbitration

Arbitration is the settlement of a dispute by a person or persons chosen to hear both sides and come to a decision.

Question 4

Obey and Grieve Rule

Answer 4

• I will Follow you superior orders even though the collective agreement is breach
• ** Rational**: patient safety comes first; the rights and needs of the patient comes first. Failure to provide the care will result in misconduct of pt abandonment

Question 5

Roles to Enforce the Collective Agreement

Answer 5

• Settle disputes agreements through processing grievances
• Provide labour education, establish standards in workplace
• Negotiate wages, benefits, and standards of employment
• Promote and defend the professional, socio-economic, educational and moral interest of its member nurses
• Negotiate, interpret and apply collective agreements
• Distribute information on professional and union matters
• Recruit new members
• Helps consolidate & promotes the professional status of nurses
• Acts as a rep with the government & employers’ groups

Question 6

FRESIQ

Answer 6

Mission: Promote the advancement of science and nursing and to stimulate the interest in these disciplines.