Voting for public sector workers in 21 public sector bargaining units of your union has concluded.
Voting took place from September 21 to October 1 online and by phone.
10729 votes were cast.
An independent third-party, Deloitte Canada, monitored the ratification vote process and confirmed the results.
The individual bargaining unit results are as follows:
| BARGAINING UNIT | # of Yes Votes | % YES | # of No Votes | % NO |
| Air Services | 18 | 43% | 24 | 57% |
| CNA Faculty | 278 | 86% | 44 | 14% |
| CNA Support | 320 | 91% | 31 | 9% |
| Correctional Officers | 81 | 45% | 97 | 55% |
| General Service | 1601 | 84% | 299 | 16% |
| Group Homes | 234 | 90% | 27 | 10% |
| Health Professionals | 531 | 89% | 62 | 11% |
| Hospital Support | 2496 | 61% | 1582 | 39% |
| Laboratory and X-Ray | 383 | 55% | 316 | 45% |
| Maintenance and Operational Services | 311 | 62% | 187 | 38% |
| Marine Services | 44 | 44% | 57 | 56% |
| Marine Institute – Faculty | 99 | 90% | 11 | 10% |
| Marine Institute – Support Staff | 59 | 89% | 7 | 11% |
| MUNL – Campus Enforcement and Patrol | 45 | 94% | 3 | 6% |
| MUNL – Custodians | 73 | 81% | 17 | 19% |
| MUNL – Maintenance | 86 | 67% | 43 | 33% |
| NLC | 187 | 76% | 59 | 24% |
| School Boards | 338 | 85% | 60 | 15% |
| Student Assistants | 326 | 82% | 74 | 18% |
| Ushers | 14 | 93% | 1 | 7% |
| Workplace NL | 173 | 88% | 23 | 12% |
| Spoiled ballots: 8 |
18 of the bargaining units have voted in favour of ratifying their tentative agreements.
For those bargaining units that accepted the agreements – we will work with the employer to get the agreements ready for sign-off so retro pay, recognition bonuses, and other improvements can be processed and implemented as quickly as possible.
At this stage, for those bargaining units that turned the agreement down, we cannot surmise what will happen next until we meet with each respective team and then reach out to the appropriate/respective employer.
This was a very difficult round of bargaining. Our teams moved the needle from freezes, concessions, and rollbacks to salary increases and improved language, while protecting important articles and benefits. Our teams did everything in their power to get the best deal possible.
The union movement is built upon a democratic framework where every member has a vote and a say in their working conditions and the collective bargaining process. This is democracy in action – and the members are the union. The leadership of this union will always support the decisions made by the majority of the membership.
We want to thank every single member who took part in this process, asked the tough questions, reviewed the materials, spoke to others in their workplaces, and cast their vote.
Solidarity.
