More workers set to hit picket lines as long-term care strike continues
Posted May 26, 2026 12:35:42 PM.
Last Updated May 27, 2026 04:45:23 AM.
More long term care workers are set to hit the picket lines as a long term care strike in Nova Scotia continues to drag on.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees said workers at Glen Haven Manor, who are represented by CUPE local 2330, will join the strike at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
According to the union, that brings the total number of striking workers across the province to 3,600, representing 36 facilities.
“For 7 weeks, these workers have been providing essential care for 8, 12 hours a day, and then marching in picket lines because they believe in what we’re fighting for,” said CUPE Long Term and Community Care Committee Chair Christa Sweeney.
The union’s collective agreement expired in October 2023.
Meantime, the province’s offer to the union includes wage increases between 12 and 24 per cent over four years, retroactive pay to 2023; increased evening and weekend premiums and access to a defined benefit pension; an additional $2 per hour beginning in 2027 for those earning less than $23 an hour; and an additional 1.5 per cent increase for all workers next year.
There is currently no word on any renewed talks between the union and the province.
