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Striking N.S. Long-Term Care Workers, Province to Return to Bargaining Table
CUPE says 3,600 workers at 36 homes are on strike as negotiators meet again over wages and benefits.
- Workers at Glen Haven Manor in New Glasgow joined the strike Wednesday at 7 a.m., bringing total striking long-term care workers across Nova Scotia to 3,600 across 36 facilities as the labor action entered its seventh week.
- The union's collective agreement expired in October 2023, triggering the current labor action as CUPE demands a living wage for members earning less than $23 per hour after seven weeks of providing essential care for 12 hours daily while picketing.
- Nova Scotia's current proposal offers wage increases of 12 to 24 per cent over four years with retroactive pay to 2023, pension access, and an additional $2 per hour beginning in 2027 for workers earning less than $23 per hour, plus 1.5 per cent for all workers in 2027.
- The government and CUPE are returning to the bargaining table Wednesday with a chief conciliation officer for the first time since May 7, following the union's open letter accusing Premier Tim Houston and Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care Barbara Adams of misrepresenting the union's position.
- CUPE chair Christa Sweeney wrote that government claims about 'no room to move' ignore the core issue of 'working families and what they need to get by,' while the union maintains proper procedure requires presenting only offers it has full confidence in before membership ratification votes.
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Striking N.S. long-term care workers heading back to the table with top conciliator
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government and the union representing striking long-term care workers are going back to the bargaining table today.
·Toronto, Canada
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