SAHO & Saskatchewan nurses to sign new contract

Anne Kyle, Regina Leader-Post, July 8, 2008 Regina - The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) are to formally sign their new collective agreement Wednesday. On June 23, SUN's more than 7,200 members voted 78 per cent in favour of the deal which was also ratified by the employers and the SAHO board of directors. The four-year deal, which expires on March 31, 2012, provides general duty nurses, at the top of their pay scale, with a wage increase of nearly 35 per cent. ... SAHO