The President of the CUPE’s Council of Group Home Unions says increases wages for their workers is not a priority for government.
Romana Sehic says the provincial govenrment doesn’t want to recognize them as an essential part of the health care in the province, “This desperately needs attention and I hope that something is going to be done. They need to recognize how essential our services are. They will hopefully realize that they cannot sustain health care service without our services.”
In a news release, CUPE says the province set what it calls a fair hourly wage of $14.80 an hour for direct caregivers in adult group homes, but says that simply isn’t enough.
