Commission to Review Ambulance Service Bargaining

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 01:44 PM

Victoria, B.C.- B.C.’s Labour Minister Murray Coell has announced he will appoint an Industrial Inquiry Commission to put forward options for a new bargaining structure for ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in B.C.

The intention to appoint an Industrial Inquiry Commission follows introduction of legislation to end to the seven-month strike by 3,600 ambulance paramedics and dispatchers represented by CUPE Local 873.

Coell will consult with the B.C. Ambulance Service and the union representing paramedics and dispatchers to identify potential candidates for the commission over the next two weeks. He also said he is open to

receiving input from both parties on the terms of reference he will establish for the commission. "The parties did discuss terms of reference in late September and were able to reach agreement on some of the items

for review with the assistance of a Labour Relations Board mediator,"Coell said.

The Industrial Inquiry Commission will be expected to report back to government by Dec. 15, 2009.

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Comments

Posted by: Mercenary on November 3 2009 7:05 PM

Pffft! Its a start I guess but none of it is binding.

Kinda funny how the paramedics are willing to go to binding arbitration and the Govt. isn't.

Posted by: Harbinger on November 3 2009 8:57 PM

Excessive wage demands cause inflation. At least in the '80s they did. Right?

Posted by: camoose on November 3 2009 11:20 PM

Well, there you go. Another possible fly in the Olympic Ointment eliminated This piece of legislation will sit well next to no signs against the Olympics, even in your own windows. We can now take the rif raf off of the streets and put them in shelters that are out of sight. It's going to be a clean city for the corporate binge we call the Olympics. Couldn't do it without our tax dollars. Not to worry though, business is going to get a 1.3 billion dollar tax cut from the HST. Life goes on.