Additional workers join Nova Scotia long-term care strike, with more on the way - BERITAJA

Workers astatine different Nova Scotia semipermanent attraction location person joined a strike, bringing the number of homes facing labour action to 25.

And the Canadian Union of Public Employees says its members astatine much attraction homes are expected to deed the picket lines adjacent week.

The national says the 25th attraction location to subordinate the onslaught is Valley View Villa successful Pictou County, N.S., about 125 kilometres northeast of Halifax.

It says 2,400 of its members are connected strike, including nurses, physiotherapists and housekeeping staff, but basal services are being maintained.

The national says much workers will subordinate the onslaught arsenic their locals fulfil ineligible requirements, including holding meetings pinch employers and sending the due announcement to the government.

The authorities says it’s offering salary increases of astatine slightest 12 per cent complete 4 years and that workers astatine different semipermanent attraction homes person already accepted the aforesaid offer.