Manitoba news: health-care support workers ratify new deal [Video]

Health-care support workers in Manitoba have officially ratified a new deal agreed to earlier this month.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 500, which represents over 19,000 workers in Manitoba, announced the new deal on Friday. It was officially ratified on Tuesday, according to a news release.

“Our members stuck together to get a really good deal that will help solve the healthcare staffing crises” said CUPE 500 President Gord Delbridge in a news release. “We have built an agreement that helps recruit new members and retain the ones we have.”

Workers represented by the union include health-care aides, laundry workers and homecare workers.

Wage increases in the contract include a 2.5 per cent general wage increase retroactive to April 1, followed by a 2.75 per cent increase in 2025, and three per cent increases in 2026 and 2027. On top of the general wage increases, 70 per cent …