Community Health Workers Reach Tentative Deal

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VICTORIA - A tentative agreement has been reached on a two-year contract for workers in the community health sector.

Community health employees include home-support workers who help the elderly in their own homes, alcohol and drug counsellors, staff at adult day centres as well as child development centres and those working in mental health group homes. Many people working in community health are employed by contracted agencies, while some work for the Province's health authorities.

Ratification of the agreement will take place in the new year. There are about 17,000 people working in the community health sector.

Government has already announced its intention to hold the line on wage increases during this round of bargaining. More than 200,000 public sector workers are covered by contracts that expire between March 31, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2010.

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