PEI Nurses Union
Prince Edward Island
The PEI Nurses Union expressed concerns following the resignation of Dr. Michael Gardam, CEO of Health PEI. Our Union has been working together with Health PEI to address issues that impact nursing such as staffing shortages, ER and ICU closures, workloads, violence in the workplace, leadership and decision-making. We appreciate Dr. Gardam’s transparency and leadership …
Dear Members, The Union and the Employer are aware of the issues with the implementation of the new collective agreement as it relates to your compensation. At this time, we can provide the following updates: The increased Wage Rates for Steps 1-6 have been implemented successfully but there are several outstanding issues to be addressed …
Are you an experienced HR/LR professional looking for a new opportunity? PEINU is looking for a Labour Relations Officer to join our team! We know that the compensation and benefits aren’t everything… but time is precious and they are an important part of the information you need to properly consider a new career opportunity. Accordingly, …
Applications for Sponsorship are now being accepted from Active PEINU Members who would like to attend the 2023 Biennial Convention being hosted in Charlottetown from June 5-9th. The deadline to submit an application is January 18th. The application form is available on our website under the Resources > Forms 2023 CFNU Biennium – Sponsorship Application …
A position statement is being shared with Members in anticipation of potential reassignment/shift changes that may occur over the 2022-2023 Christmas-New Year Holiday period, to ensure a broader awareness about the issues that are affecting the bargaining unit. “Knowledge is Power” and while the Union will continue to advocate for you, we also want to …
Updated March 29, 2023 Premium extended until June 30th We’re pleased to share that an agreement was signed on March 28, 2023 to extend the terms of the MOA (RE: Addressing RN Shortages in 24/7 Bed-Based Care Services) that would have otherwise ended on April 1, 2023. The MOA has now been extended until June …
Update from March 17, 2023: If you have questions/concerns about the reconciliation of your incentive payment with your actual hours worked at the end of the program term, please notify your Nurse Manager & HR Representative and your Local Union President immediately upon receiving your pay stub to ensure that it can be investigated and …
“In 2023, The Canada Games March Break will occur Monday February 20th– Sunday March 5th. PEINU members will need to submit vacation requests for this time period by the deadline, November 30th, 2022. This will also move the approval date for vacation to December 30th, 2022 to ensure members have an adequate time period to …
Health PEI released a statement Thursday afternoon advising Islanders to avoid the Emergency Department this weekend due to COVID, when reality is they were always too short staffed. What the public was not made aware of is that Health PEI is not utilizing their financial resources to staff appropriately over the long weekend. The Prince …
Summer Staffing in 24/7 Bed-Based Care Operations PEINU and Health PEI have negotiated an agreement that is intended to minimize the impact of ongoing, significant staffing shortages in 24/7 bed-based care operations from June 1 to September 15. A copy of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and the June 13th Letter to Health PEI Nurse Leaders …
As you may know, there was a Special Meeting held June 7th, 2022, to review the purpose of the Education (Ed) Fund and obtain direction from Members ahead of the next Ed Fund Committee Meeting. Specifically, the Union’s Committee Representatives were looking for direction from the Members about whether the Ed Fund should be funding …
Celebrating National Nursing Week 2022 May 9-15 is Nurses Week but we’re grateful everyday for all you do.It has been over two years since the pandemic took hold. Since then, countless individuals, workers and organizations have worked tirelessly to keep us safe. Nurses have played and are still playing a significant role in the fight …