Workers at seven long-term care homes in B.C. – including four in the Okanagan-Shuswap – have sent a strong strike mandate to their employer, Good Samaritan Canada.
The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) members voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action to back their bargaining demands for a new contract with Good Sam. The members have been without an agreement for three years.
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