HAMILTON -- Striking members of Local 274 of the
Ontario Public Service Employees Union have reached a tentative collective
agreement in negotiations with the Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care
Access Centre.
The union bargaining team is unanimous in
recommending that members ratify the deal, reached after a nine-week
strike that began Oct. 10. Details of the settlement will not be released
pending results of a ratification vote set for Thursday, Dec. 14 at 10:00
a.m.
The 200 staff are case managers and placement
coordinators -- nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, occupational
therapists, dietitians -- and support staff who coordinate the in-home
care of about 10,000 patients per day in the Hamilton-Wentworth region.
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