Burrill: CCA wage increase an important win and a good start

HALIFAX – NDP Leader Gary Burrill made the following statement about today’s announcement that Continuing Care Assistant (CCA) wages will significantly increase this week:

“Congratulations to all the workers and unions who've fought and won the fight for higher CCA wages. As they, and we, have been saying for years, this is completely necessary and is a good start to improving the situations of both workers and residents in long-term care.

At the same time, there’s a host of workers including cleaners, food service staff, and others who are essential to our long-term care facilities’ success, who also need wages that reflect the importance of their work.

For the residents of long-term care across Nova Scotia, and those who care for them, what is required now is to ensure that they are receiving the level of care they deserve, by legislating 4.1 hours of care per resident per day.”

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