Nurses union mum on additional facilities that may be grey-listed
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The Manitoba Nurses Union said Wednesday it wouldn’t identify the three additional health-care sites that are under consideration for grey-listing by nursing staff.
President Darlene Jackson said the union board is required to approve the request from members before votes can be held at each of the three facilities on whether to grey-list them, which means declaring them unsafe places for nurses to work.
On Tuesday after the provincial budget was rolled out, she said that more facilities — in addition to St. Boniface Hospital, Thompson General Hospital and the Health Sciences Centre — could be slapped with the designation.
Manitoba Nurses Union President Darlene Jackson (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On Wednesday, she said the three new sites considered for grey-listing are not all in in Winnipeg.
She said while the measure is being taken more often in Manitoba, it isn’t losing its impact or clout.
“Talking to nurses, they’ve seen appreciable improvements to security and they feel safer at work, so it’s having an impact,” Jackson said.
She said nurses won’t remove the grey-listing designation from sites until they get assurances from employers that the security improvements are permanent.
“It’s a shame that we have to go this distance to get safety issues dealt with,” Jackson said.
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