Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1991 Wayne free press nurses seek More input on patient care wages Only one of Many issues Between strikers strikers at Victoria general Hospital warm up a 19 Day with a Beach party on Union to be heard by Brenda Suderman As she Heads Back to the bargaining table this Manitoba nurses Union president Vera Chernecki is More determined than Ever nurses longstanding grievances will be although were scheduled to be it Doest mean there will be a said who has been involved with unions since nurses at Boniface general Hospital organized in the bargaining teams for the nurses and the Manitoba health organizations were to meet with a provincial conciliator today at 3 in an attempt to end the 13dayold walkout by no talks Are scheduled for the 150 operating engineers on strike against eight healthcare facilities since the emergency room at Misericordia general closed since wednesday afternoon due to staff shortages caused by the could reopen As Early As today after the Union agreed to relieve management nurses in two Hospital spokesman Ron Hill said Chernecki said the nurses wage position is but her membership is determined to wage position flexible Settle for More than the governments last offer of 20 per cent Over three including pay the Union is asking for a 27percent wage hike Over two president of the province wide Union for the last Chernecki said the issues Haven changed much since but the people i really think the Union has Given them the strength to justly decide whats going on in the she Back in nurses wanted a voice in decision making and wage parity with other the founding president of the Boniface nurses association at the organization nurses required a lot of reassurance that we were not asking for the right to explained Darlene now a Public health nurse and City Alderman in Portage la we were not talking we were talking professional nurses Only began talking about a strike in when wages were falling far behind those in other Shirley the current president of the Boniface the walkout was but the nurses gained a whole new sense of their Power and influence in the healthcare Delaquis the realization for nurses was what we could do if we stayed Delaquis who helped Hamm organize the Boniface said 21 years of trial and error have Given her the resolve to fight for the important i dont think we were As assertive then As we Are it Only came after years of education and said who is a member of the unions bargaining although the walkout has caused discomfort for nurses and Hamm said the issues have been building for Many i think the time has she i truly believe change is but you have to take dramatic who never dreamed 20 years ago she would Lead nurses out on to the picket agreed direct action is necessary to provoke Ive never been one to sit Back and take she i feel if youre not Happy with the Way things you change by Dan Lett Money has been the main wedge Between the province and striking but wages Are Only one of Many important issues that can fundamentally change health care in Manitoba nurses Union president Vera Chernecki says perhaps the most important Lon term Issue on the table is the nursing advisory a proposal that would give nurses direct input into Chernecki said the Union Model would involve Rankan file nurses along with their nonunion management counterparts on a the committee would sit when complaints or concerns Are expressed by either Union or management its supposed to give nurses some input into decisions made about patient Chernecki the Structure is designed to resolve issues that cant be resolved at the unit the committee would hear concerns and then make recommendations to an executive management committee in each Chernecki this committee would attempt to change policy or practice to address the concerns of working in the menu the committees would be empowered to look at workload and other patient care issues of Mutual she nurses Hope the advisory in addition to giving nurses direct input to innovations in the would help transform their jobs into the profession they have always thought it should including the stripping once and for All of Many no nursing she nurses Are More educated now and there not educated to carry trays and Porter patients around and run for xray and labor reports and mop Chernecki there trained to take care of at the last moment Day 13 the province withdrew support for the committee to investigate other patient care issues As part of its Chernecki creating a serious impasse Between the two other no wage issues involve attempts by the province to Rollback on hours worked by Par time Chernecki said half of the provinces nurses Are classified As where a contract is signed with a Hospital and the nurse is committed to work a minimum of three Days per the province is attempting to take out a clause in the collective agreement that stipulates any extra shifts that arise be offered to casual nurses who Are called in on an a needed she the 800 casual nurses in Manitoba Are paid slightly lower wages and get no she while Par time nurses get full benefits prorated for the number of hours they nurses have also asked for a slightly higher differential rate to recognize the extra workload of nurses working she at evening and overnight nurses Are paid the same also at Issue is the unions attempt to get co trusteeship of nurses pension Chernecki said Boniface general Hospital recently negotiated with All its unionized personnel for giving employees a full say in the investment and disbursement of All Money in the the province is resisting attempts to have a Blanket agreement for the establishment of co trusteeship for All nurses Union she delay cited in bid to quash charges deaths classified death by Terry Weber charges against a Carm Anarea Fanner accused of trying to defraud an insurance company of should be dropped because of lengthy court a Winnipeg lawyer lawyer Michael Cook said he will ask the courts to dismiss the Case against his client on the grounds it has taken an unreasonable period of time for the matter relating to a charge Laid four years ago to be the move comes less than a month after a Queens Bench Justice threw another Case out of ruling the length of time taken to bring four men to trial on charges of possessing in stolen cigarettes constituted an unreasonable that decision was based on a supreme court of Canada ruling Deli Vered in october which said such delays Are prejudicial to the a Cook said he will move to have the Case against 31yearold Raymond Gitzel dismissed because the Man has had to wait nearly a year for his second trial on the charge to be Gitzel was first charged with fraud after reporting to the Portage la Prairie Mutual insurance that Between and Worth of Grain had been stolen from two elevators on his he was subsequently convicted in May 1989 and fined but the conviction was overturned last february by the Manitoba court of a which ordered a new trial who also represented one of the accused in the Queens Bench Case last said he will argue the delay Between the Appeal court decision and the new trial is unreal he said he has been Given no reason Why the matter has taken so Long to go to its been on the books so he Cook said the location of the which is being held in May have contributed to the delay because Only a single Queens Bench judge serves in that he the supreme court ruling set out that an accused cant be penalized for delays resulting from either the crowns actions or problems within the Deputy Justice minister Graeme Garson said despite the most recent Wayne free press wheels for Nicaragua volunteers for the Manitoba league of the physically disabled work to repair and pack about 60 wheelchairs and other mobility aids yesterday at Palliser the donated by local individuals and Are to be sent to no substantial policy changes will be made to How cases Are handled by the Garson noted that As a result of last months Queens Bench Crown attorneys will be scrutinizing All requests for adjournments and drawing it to the courts attention when cases May be jeopardized by a delay of any whether it was to the Benefit of the accused or could come Back almost like a he Garson added the Justice depart ment has suffered few of the prob lems seen other provinces As a result of the supreme court which dismissed weapons and extor Tion charges against four Ontario men who had waited 34 months for the Case to be judges ask for better pensions a 58percent pay hike alone wont satisfy provincial judges want a drastically revamped pen Sion plan the judges proposal Calls would see them eligible for full pension 70 per cent of his or her income after at provincial court judges have to serve 39 years to be eligible for full its the worst pension plan for judges in complained lawyer Mel Myers representing the provincial court judges Assoc a the association made the request before the newly created judicial compensation established As an Independent body to review judges wages and earlier last the association made a stunning request for a raise to from Myers said Friday the judges would accept phasing in the raise Over a three year period to ease the Burden on the the who Are the lowest paid in say they want earn the same As federally appointed and paid court of Queens Bench the three member committee wrapped up a week of hearings Friday and will submit its decision to the legislature later this Dominic of husband of Bernice of husband of Mary William Earl of husband of Marion Gro of widow of George of Evelyn wife of Anthony husband of Jenny of wid Ower of Johanna of wife of Bazyl Florence of wife of John Sidney of Las Gregory of win son of Kenneth and Deloris John talks John president of is an expert about the automotive drive to has been in the transmission service and repair business for Over ten years and now has four Winnipeg John has encountered All types of 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