Health-care workers who are members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIUWEST) will be taking a strike vote on the same day their bargaining committee heads back into contract talks.

SEIUWEST, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) negotiate wages and other monetary items at a common table with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO), which bargains on behalf of the health regions.

“We have been able to nail down some dates with SAHO and the health regions. They will be starting next week –Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — and on Dec. 1, 2 and 3 and again on Dec. 9 and 10,” said SEIUWEST president Barb Cape.

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