Weeks-long strike ends as health-care workers with Ten Ten Sinclair vote to accept new deal

Health-care workers with Ten-Ten Sinclair voted in overwhelming majority Friday to accept a new deal.

About 160 workers with Ten Ten Sinclair Housing which provides care to 100 residents in seven facilities across the city went on strike in early March after bargaining for a new collective agreement failed.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees Manitoba said in a news release the workers it represents voted 97 per cent in favour of the agreement, which includes wage increases and adjustments. Workers had been without a contract for four years, the release said.

The top rate for a trained health-care worker will increase from $18.06 an hour to $22.54 an hour, the release said. All health-care workers will receive a minimum cumulative wage increase of over 20 per cent by 2025, according to the release.

The release also said long-serving health-care aides will see their compensation increase by over 30 per centduring the six-year agreement.

The new agreement also includes a memorandum of understanding to continue discussions between CUPE, Ten Ten Sinclair and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority on the facilities'status within the WRHA, the release said.

CUPE will work with Ten Ten Sinclair on facilitating workers schedules to return to work now that the strike has ended, according to the release.