Nearly 150 Northern Health nurses rallied in Vancouver, B.C. on Friday, Jan. 24 for safer work conditions.
The nurses were in Vancouver for a two-day regional bargaining conference organized by the B.C. Nurses' Union (BCNU). They laid out their bargaining priorities ahead of contract negotiations that are set to begin this year.
"A worry we have is if we can't treat nurses better, we're not going to be able to recruit enough nurses, whether it's in the North or anywhere in B.C,"
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