New Brunswick Nurses Union wants to see an increase in permanent full-time positions in nursing homes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.According to a 2019 New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes hiring forecast that the union obtained through a freedom of information request, New Brunswick nursing homes were expected to fill 170 of their 224 open positions with casual non-guaranteed labour.That’s a problem for those who live in the homes, according to the New Brunswick Nurses Union (NBNU).
New Brunwick nursing home workers vote to approve new contract “That is a huge number of casual positions without any benefits, without really any ties to the home,” said Paula Doucet, president of the NBNU.In Fredericton, the York Care Centre.