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Dec 29, 2020 6:00 AM
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says some workers at retirement and long-term care homes in New Brunswick have been excluded from a federal wage top-up since an extension in July.
UFCW national representative Carl Flanagan says more than 80 employees work in food delivery, laundry and house cleaning services at Shannex facilities and the wage top-up would vary.
“It depends on the number of hours they worked. but it’s a maximum of $500 a month.”
He says other provinces have included these roles in the top-up.
Wages for these positions start at $14.70 an hour.
Higgs Government continues to leave critical eldercare workers “out in the cold,” says UFCW
December 28, 2020 06:00 ET | Source: UFCW Canada UFCW Canada Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
MONCTON, New Brunswick, Dec. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) union is calling on the Higgs government to finally do the right thing by stopping its 5-month exclusion of essential eldercare workers from a federally funded wage top-up program.
Despite working around the clock to clean retirement and long-term care homes, help feed the elderly, and ensure bed linens are washed in accordance with public health standards, a relatively small number of essential workers at third-party eldercare facilities in New Brunswick continue to be cut-out from the subsidy program since it was first “extended” in July.
MONCTON, N.B. Moncton took another step to deal with homelessness on Monday. Millions are being earmarked to fund a 125-unit housing project to help people get off the streets. The city is putting up $6 million, with the province matching that amount. It is a joint project with Rising Tide Community Initiatives Inc. The project was slowed down by the pandemic, but will roll out over the next three years. The plan includes the purchase of about 20 properties in the city to make up the 125 units, although these properties haven t been identified. New Brunswick Social Development Minister Bruce Fitch is hoping that the federal rapid housing initiative fund in the New Year will also contribute to the project.
Province to spend $6M on Rising Tide affordable housing plan in Moncton
The New Brunswick government will spend $6 million over three years on a non-profit organization s plan to open 125 affordable housing units with support services in Moncton.
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Bruce Fitch, New Brunswick s minister of social development, announced the province will spend $6 million over three years on a plan by non-profit group Rising Tide Community Initiatives to open 125 units of affordable housing in Moncton.(Shane Magee/CBC)
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Some New Brunswick MLAs say the special care sector needs to change to ensure residents are receiving proper care.
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Robert Gauvin, Liberal Party MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe, says New Brunswick needs to let foreign workers with certification to be a nurse work in the long-term sector. (Ed Hunter/CBC)