TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded salary increases totalling 6.25 per cent to 45,000 Ontario hospital workers, plus two dollars an hour more for registered practical nurses.
According to SEIU Healthcare and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the bump-ups of 3.75 per cent and 2.5 per cent respectively are in addition to one per cent increases previously awarded for 2022 and 2023 by another arbitrator under the cap imposed by the Ontario government’s controversial Bill 124.