The Registered Nurses Union says there’s a lot of work ahead as nurses hold the newly elected government to the promises made during the election campaign.

From hiring to staffing and salaries, RNU President Yvette Coffey says there’s a lot to hammer out once the new health minister is in place.

She says the job classification system has proven to be one of the more challenging issues she’s hoping to resolve.

“There’s (been) no opportunity to be able to fix equal pay for equal work. So the chemotherapy nurse in Clarenville who’s getting paid less than the nurse who’s giving chemotherapy in St. John’s or Gander…they keep telling us there’s no way to fix that under the classification system. I call B.S. on that,” says Coffey.

“Government has the authority to be able to do that. I also think the health authority has the authority to change classifications. So more discussions and more action has to come out of that.”