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4 More Long Term Care Homes Serve Strike Notice

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers at Grand View Manor, Magnolia Continuing Care Centre, Shiretown and Ivey’s Terrace Nursing Homes, and Maple Hill Manor represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 5183, 5165, 2503, and 2765 respectively, have issued their official 48-hour notice to strike. This means that, if the government continues to refuse to return to the table to bargain, Grand View Manor, Magnolia Continuing Care Centre, and Shiretown and Ivey’s Terrace Nursing Homes will hit the picket line come Thursday morning at 7 AM with Maple Hill Manor following suit on Friday.

The government’s refusal to bargain is dragging this strike out and putting residents at risk. This could end tomorrow if they were willing to negotiate.

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“Government has been silent since this started except for the soundbites that Minster Adams keeps repeating in the media,” said CUPE Long Term and Community Care Committee Chair Christa Sweeney.

“We’ve been ready and willing to continue bargaining since we reached impasse on March 24, but they haven’t called us back to the table,” continued Sweeney. “The government’s refusal to bargain is dragging this strike out and putting residents at risk. This could end tomorrow if they were willing to negotiate.”

If these 4 homes reach the picket line, that would mean 29 locals and nearly 3,000 workers are now on strike in long term care.

CUPE long term care workers will be picketing at the following locations this week:

*NEW* Grand View Manor – 110 Commercial St, Berwick

*NEW* Magnolia Continuing Care Centre – 416 Hwy 2, Enfield

*NEW* Shiretown and Ivey’s Terrace Nursing Homes – Pictou Rotary and 75 Park Road, Trenton

*NEW* Maple Hill Manor – Beaton Ave, New Waterford

St. Vincent’s Nursing Home – 2080 Windsor St, Halifax

Harbourstone Enhanced Care – 84 Kenwood Dr, Sydney River

Ocean View Continuing Care – 1909 Caldwell Rd, Dartmouth

Admiral and White Hills Long Term Care Centres – 30 Fairfax Dr, Halifax

Maplestone Enhanced Care – 245 Main Ave, Halifax, NS

Alderwood Guest Home - 89 Alderwood Ln, Baddeck

Richmond Villa – 9361 Pepperell, St. Peter's

Northside Community Guest Home – 11 Queen St, North Sydney

Bayside Home– 96 Bayside Dr, Barrington

Seaview Manor – 275 South St, Glace Bay

Maritime Odd Fellows – 739 E River Rd, New Glasgow

Valley View Manor – 739 E River Rd, New Glasgow

Queen’s Manor – 20 Hollands Dr, Liverpool

Villa St. Joseph-du-Lac – 255 Nova Scotia Trunk 1, Dayton

Roseway Manor – 1604 Lake Rd, Shelburne

The Birches – 7702 Nova Scotia Trunk 7, Musquodoboit Harbour

Port Hawkesbury – 2 Macquarrie Drive Extension, Port Hawkesbury

Surf Lodge – 73 Howe St, Lockeport

Ivy Meadows – 125 Knowles Crescent, Beaver Bank

Glasgow Hall –76 Baker Dr, Dartmouth

Celtic Court – 16 St Anthony Dr, Membertou

Bisset Court – 74 Chameau Cres, Dartmouth

St. Anne Nursing Care Centre – 2313 NS-206, Arichat

Ryan Hall – 313 Hollingsworth Dr, Bridgewater

The Meadows – 339 Pleasant St, Yarmouth

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Contacts

For more information, please contact:
Kim Cail
CUPE Long Term Care Coordinator
(782) 233-4592
Taylor Johnston
CUPE Atlantic Communications Officer
tjohnston@cupe.ca

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Contacts

For more information, please contact:
Kim Cail
CUPE Long Term Care Coordinator
(782) 233-4592
Taylor Johnston
CUPE Atlantic Communications Officer
tjohnston@cupe.ca

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