In an effort to clarify the roles of the different players either representing or employing LPNs in New Brunswick hospitals, please find below a list of responsibilities for CUPE Local 1252 (CUPE), the Association of New Brunswick Licensed Practical Nurses (ANBLPN) and the employer (Vitalité and Horizon health networks [HHN and VHN]).
CUPE Local 1252
- Your union democratically elects representatives who are responsible for advocating on your behalf in the workplace. As a worker, you are represented at the worksite level by your local union executive. Local unions elect provincial executives of CUPE Local 1252. Local 1252 bargains on your behalf.
- Your union is responsible for negotiating your collective agreement with the employer.
- Your union is responsible for ensuring the collective agreement is enforced within your workplace. When the employer breaks the terms of the agreement, your union holds them accountable through the grievance process.
- Your union is your political voice to enact change within the union itself (at the local level, within 1252, at the provincial level and at the national level) and at the government level.
ANBLPN
- The Association is the organization that regulates the LPN profession.
- Their role is prescribed in the License Practical Nurse Act, 2002.
- They set educational standards for the practical nursing programs offered by the NBCC.
- They are responsible for administering the discipline policy and procedure when a complaint is made against an LPN that their practice doesn’t mean minimum practice requirements.
- They are responsible for setting the requirements for licensure.
- They are responsible for setting the scope of practice with the employer.
Employer
- At the bargaining table, the employer is represented by the two health networks as well as representatives from the Government of New Brunswick Department of Finance and Treasury Board.
- The health networks’ role is to keep costs to a minimum. They are given a set amount of funding from the Department of Health, as instructed by the Government of New Brunswick’s annual budget process.
- The health networks are responsible for administering human resources, such as: pay delivery, employee discipline, policy enforcement, etc.
Our structure
Local union structure
CUPE 1252 structure
