B.C. nurses’ union says candidates can’t run in election due to misleading info
VANCOUVER — BC Nurses Union elections have been marred by disunity after the removal of three candidates’ names from the ballot before voting begins.
The candidates vowed to take their case to the province’s Labour Relations Board in an effort to overturn the BCNU’s decision to return the current president, vice-president and treasurer by acclamation.
Will Offley, Sharon Sharp and Mary Jean Lyth were running under the banner BC Nurses Vote For Change in a bid to claim the union’s top three executive positions.
Offley, an emergency room nurse at Vancouver General Hospital, said Tuesday that 47,000 members should have a democratic right to vote for change in an online election that started Tuesday and continues until June 2.