US Edition‘As Long as It Takes’: 2,200 Long-Term Care Workers on Strike Across Nova Scotia
More than 2,200 workers are seeking a flat $5-an-hour raise after the province offered a four-year deal with increases of up to 24%, officials said.
- More than 2,200 employees from 22 long-term care homes across Nova Scotia began striking on Monday after Canadian Union of Public Employees contract negotiations with the province hit an impasse.
- Seeking a living wage, striking workers are demanding a flat $5-per-hour increase, arguing current pay of roughly $18.77 per hour fails to cover rising costs since contracts expired in 2023.
- Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care Barbara Adams stated the government offered a four-year agreement featuring 12 to 24 per cent wage increases, retroactive pay to 2023, and $55 million in annual pension funding.
- Adams criticized the union's rejection as "misinformation," urging CUPE leadership to allow a member vote, while union representatives claim the government refuses to negotiate, repeatedly tabling the same deal.
- Although essential services continue at impacted facilities, CUPE represents about 5,000 long-term care workers provincewide and expects staff from additional homes to join the picket lines soon.
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Hundreds of N.S. long-term care workers go on strike
Licensed practical nurses, physiotherapists, continuing-care assistants and housekeeping staff are among the 2,200 workers participating in the strike, which has disrupted services at 22 long-term care homes across the province.
Financial Post
Business WireOver 2,200 Long Term Care Workers Now on Strike
HALIFAX, NS -- Long term care workers represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) at 24 homes across the province are now on strike, with more expected to follow in the coming days. Picket lines will be held at the following locations:
Nova Scotia long-term care workers on strike
Thousands of long-term care workers across Nova Scotia are striking after talks with the province broke down last week. Employees from 22 homes in Nova Scotia are on the picket lines after contract negotiations hit an impasse, prompting the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to submit a 48-hour strike notice ahead of the planned […]
The Toronto Star
Minister reveals wage offer as hundreds of N.S. long-term care workers go on strike
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government said it was offering a pay increase of at least 12 per cent to hundreds of workers at long-term care facilities who launched a
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