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HALIFAX: <\/strong>A three-year agreement was ratified by members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 727 on November 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agreement covers the areas of compensation, health benefits and a retention allowance for paramedics employed in a permanent or term position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I would like to thank both parties for coming together to negotiate a fair and balanced contract that recognizes the critical role these individuals play in providing emergency health services for Nova Scotians,” said Michelle Thompson, Minister of Health and Wellness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “In such a competitive environment, where healthcare professionals are in high demand, this contract and other investments we’re making in the system will help retain and recruit more paramedics.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new agreement runs from November 1, 2023, to October 31, 2026, and includes: [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”126″] [adrotate banner=”192″] HALIFAX: A three-year agreement was ratified by members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 727 on November 17. The agreement covers the areas of compensation, health benefits and a retention allowance for paramedics employed in a permanent or term position. “I would like to thank both parties for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[196,2,50,3906,48,377],"class_list":["post-40588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-east-hants","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-health-and-wellness-minister-michelle-thompson","tag-n-s","tag-paramedics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
— a 16.5 per cent classification adjustment for paramedics in the first year, along with other incentive and premium increases
— cost of living increases totalling 8.5 per cent over the life of the contract
— improved extended health benefits
— a retention allowance of up to $5,000 per year of the contract for paramedics employed in a permanent or term position
— resources to support clinical transport operators to return to school to become trained as primary care paramedics
— salary increase in recognition of training required for clinical transport operators
– aligning classifications for various roles across the system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n