![]() ![]() ![]() "That occurred during the huge storm we had over Christmas when roads were closed. Meantime, CEO of Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet, Joanna Mataya, tells CKTB that according to her knowledge there has only ever been two staff members who stayed for more than twenty-four hours. Workers will be holding pickets at 545 Northland Ave (the corner of Northland Avenue and West Side Road) and 750 Fielden Ave (at Highway 3) between 7 a.m. But our employer refuses to make the investments needed to ensure our unionized front line staff can work a reasonable schedule or guarantee that those who are forced to stay are compensated fairly.” “We can have kids waiting to be picked up or parents who need care. You can be stuck there for hours and at times days,” explains Liz Reed, CUPE 2276 President. You go in for an eight-hour day but if no one is there to relieve you and look after the people in your care, you can’t go home. ![]() “We call it being ‘stuck on shift.’ What it really means is you never know when you will be able to go home. The one main issue outstanding is what workers say is being stuck on shift for hours, and sometimes days on end. Striking developmental service workers will walk the picket lines in Port Colborne tomorrow.Īfter more than a year of bargaining between the roughly 100 members in CUPE 2276 and Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet (CLPCW), talks broke down last week. ![]()
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