Tabor Manor Employees Gain Significant Wage Increases with Industry-Leading Contract

St. Catharines, ON—Employees of Tabor Manor in St. Catharines voted in favour of a three-year collective agreement providing them with significant wage increases.

The 240-plus employees are represented by Niagara Health Care and Service Workers Union, CLAC Local 302. The union has represented them since August 2009.

The new contract permanently includes the provincial government’s $3 wage enhancement not only for personal support workers but also for registered staff. Wage increases for all classifications were significant, with increases at the top of the wage grid of 16 percent or more over the term of the agreement for all food service workers, cooks, housekeepers, and therapeutic recreationists, as well as 10 percent for maintenance workers.

“With inflation running at seven percent, the union bargaining committee identified wages as the number one issue for members during this round of negotiations,” says Michael Reid, CLAC representative. “We were pleased to be able to present an industry-leading settlement to our members.”