Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate clarification of my colleague. Let me say, there is $25 million of retroactive pay, which is one-time retroactive pay. A nurse with ten years experience will get $30,000 before tax retroactive cheque. I want to give that nurse by Christmas time, if the union will take it out to the membership and let them vote on it. There is an additional $9 million of ongoing pay equity increases to our nursing fraternity, our secretarial fraternity, all females who are involved in the pay equity issue. On top of that, there is an additional $6 million worth of options we have put forward in the collective agreement. There will be significant increases. I repeat significant increases, to our employees in particular, to our female employees who are reclassified under the pay equity issue, if we can get an agreement. We have put the money on the table. This government has taken the responsibility to still balance the budget with that money on the table. What we cannot get is the union to let the membership vote on it.
John Todd on Question 139-13(6): Reductions To Nurses' Past Salaries
In the Legislative Assembly on November 4th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 139-13(6): Reductions To Nurses' Past Salaries
Question 139-13(6): Reductions To Nurses' Past Salaries
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 3rd, 1998
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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