Local workers with Community Living Trent Highlands took to the streets of Haliburton on June 8, picketing on Maple Ave.
The locals are among 4,000 workers at nearly two dozen community organizations across the province in week two of provincewide strike calling for increased funding for frontline workers and the replacement of lost wages.
“These workers are taking a brave and historic stand that is fueled by the love they have for their communities and the people they support,” said JP Hornick, President of OPSEU. “It is on all of us – including their employers – to support them, just like they support our most vulnerable ever day.”
“It is time for this government to stop taking advantage of the dedication and commitment these workers have to their communities,” added Hornick. “When you stole from these workers, you were also cheating the communities who depend on the care they provide.”
Worker demands include retroactive pay for wages lost due to Bill 124, which came into effect in 2019 and capped wage increases for more than one million broader public sector workers at one per cent per year for three years.
The Bill was deemed unconstitutional in 2022, and while many public sector workers have since received retroactive wage increases of 6.5 per cent or more, Community Living employees say they have not.
For more information visit worthfightingfor.ca.
