EDMONTON - Staff at another seniors care home in the city may soon be walking off the job.
Dozens of workers at Devonshire Care Centre voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike-and could be off the job as of Tuesday.
100 nursing staffers have been off the job at the Hardisty Care Centre for more than a month.
The strike began on May 22nd, the issue of contention is wages.
Park Place says casual workers and staff from other homes around the province have been called in to fill in the gaps.
80 workers at a separate care home in Riverbend called Revera walked off the job earlier this month, they too are fighting for an increase in pay.
Even though staff at Devonshire have voted in favour of a strike, they are still open to negotiations, but union president Guy Smith has told Global news staff are scheduled to walk off the job Tuesday morning.
"Park Place refuses to pay staff the industry-standard wages they are funded with Albertans' tax dollars to pay," said Smith. "Park Place is boosting their profits by paying staff up to 30 per cent less than the provincial standard set by Alberta Health Services. That's public money meant for seniors care, going into the pockets of an owner. It's wrong."
"Private-for-profit seniors care providers are exploiting their staff. It's time for the government of Alberta to step in and take some responsibility for the outcomes of their funding policies." Smith went on to say.
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees has launched a commercial campaign, claiming Park Place seniors is short-changing staff and pocketing money from the province.
AUPE represents 80,000 working Albertans. Almost half of those work in public, private and not-for-profit health care in the province.
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