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No Deal Reached in CUPE Strike, N.S. Long-Term Care Workers Remain on Picket Lines
More than 3,100 workers at 32 homes remain on strike after the union and province failed to reach a new contract.
- Following renewed negotiations, the Nova Scotia government and CUPE failed to reach a deal Friday, leaving a strike involving more than 3,100 workers at 32 care homes in its 27th day.
- Minister of Seniors and Long-term Care Barbara Adams claimed the union's new ask was 'nearly double what government has offered,' while CUPE coordinator Kim Cail argued proposals fail to approach the $29-an-hour living wage in Halifax.
- Tabatha Khoury, whose father resides at Glasgow Hall in Dartmouth, supports the strike, citing conditions like her father going nine days without a bath and saying 'We're tired; it's time.'
- Adams criticized the union for refusing to take the government's offer—which includes a 12 to 24 per cent pay raise retroactive to 2023—to members for a vote, and no further bargaining dates are set.
- Next week, two more care homes in Cape Breton are set to join the picket lines, expanding the strike and intensifying pressure on the provincial long-term care system.
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N.S. government, long-term care union remain in a stalemate as strike drags on
HALIFAX - The union representing long-term care workers in Nova Scotia and the provincial government remain in a stalemate as a strike extended into the 27th day.
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The union representing the staff of long-term care facilities in Nova Scotia and the provincial government remain deadlocked while the strike is on its 27th day.
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