NEWS RELEASE
NAPE Members in Fifteen Public Sector Bargaining Units Vote in Favour of Accepting Tentative Agreements
ST. JOHN’S, NL – Voting for public sector workers in fifteen public sector bargaining units of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) has concluded. Votes took place province-wide over the past three weeks.
Overall, members of the public sector bargaining units, representing approximately 20,000 workers across the province, voted 88% in favour of accepting the agreement. The individual bargaining unit results are as follows:
| AGREEMENT | YES | NO |
| Air Services | 78% | 22% |
| CNA Faculty | 76% | 24% |
| CNA Support | 92% | 8% |
| General Service | 83% | 17% |
| Group Homes | 94% | 6% |
| Health Professionals | 92% | 8% |
| Hospital Support | 92% | 8% |
| Laboratory and X-Ray | 93% | 7% |
| Maintenance and Operational Services | 74% | 26% |
| Marine Services | 91% | 9% |
| NLC | 87% | 13% |
| School Boards | 88% | 12% |
| Student Assistants | 96% | 4% |
| Ushers | 91% | 9% |
| Workplace NL | 93% | 7% |
“This has been a long and especially difficult round of bargaining, so we are happy to reach this stage and see this overall result,” said NAPE President Jerry Earle. “We will now work on getting the agreements signed as quickly as possible.”
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For further information, please contact:
Keith Dunne, NAPE Campaigns and Communications Coordinator
(cell) 709.631.9737 (email) kdunne@nape.ca
