New offer for nurses

SAHO proposal would boost wages five per cent annually during four-year deal. Anne Kyle, Regina Leader-Post, May 13, 2008 Regina - The province has sweetened its contract offer to Saskatchewan's 7,200 nurses, proposing wage increases for a full-time general duty nurse equivalent to $17,600 over the life of a four-year deal. The Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) returned to the bargaining table Monday with a revised proposal in the hopes of avoiding a strike and addressing the nursing shortage. The package includes an enhanced wage proposal that would boost wages by five per cent annually ... New