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2 more CUPE long term care homes set to join strike

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from Melville Lodge and Shoreham Village, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3840 and 3454 respectively, are poised to hit picket lines May 7 and 8 at 7 AM, joining 30 other homes already on strike province wide.

"We’re not backing down until the government comes back to the table to negotiate a deal that works for everyone.”

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“This government clearly thinks that ignoring us will force us to give up and go back to work,” said CUPE Long Term and Community Care Committee Chair Christa Sweeney, “but the opposite is true. We’re not backing down until the government comes back to the table to negotiate a deal that works for everyone.”

Melville Lodge will begin picketing on May 7 at 50 Shoreham Lane, Halifax, NS.

Shoreham Village will open their pickets on May 8 at 50 Shoreham Village Cresent, Chester, NS.

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

Grand View Manor –
110 Commercial St, Berwick

Magnolia Continuing Care Centre –
416 Hwy 2, Enfield

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

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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