PHILIPSBURG--The Windward Islands Health Care Union Association (WIHCUA) and St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) have reached consensus on the content for a new three-year Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) covering workers.
The hospital announced the agreement in a press release on Thursday. Details of the agreement were not released. The agreement was reached in the presence of mediator Kenneth Lopes.
"After lengthy discussions parties agreed to a package that significantly benefits the labour conditions of the employees and also fits the guiding principles of SMMC. The agreed upon CLA is not just a document for covering the Labour conditions within the SMMC, but also provides a framework where parties can work together," it was stated in the release.
"Within this framework committees will be established to give special attention to common objectives and goals."
The still-to-be-signed CLA will go into effect as of June 1. SMMC has proposed that the official signing should take place on June 7 coinciding with the anniversary of the official opening of SMMC 20 years ago.
Before that date, parties will confirm the agreed upon arrangements that will have
direct or indirect financial consequences, by signing a protocol. Details as to when the protocol will be signed were not released.
Source: http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/15679-hospital-and-union-agree-on-new-cla-.html
Nuclear weapons Mergers and acquisitions Pensions Sri Lanka Roy Hodgson Highlands
No comments:
Post a Comment