Dalhousie was back at the bargaining table briefly last week, showing they are concerned about the mounting pressure from students. As long as student and campus solidarity continues to build, workers at Dal will win their fight.
Nova Scotia’s politicians will pat themselves on the back for raising ECE’s wages, but the below inflation increases still leaves ECEs earning poverty wages. Parents and child care workers know that paying the frontline staff low wages will prevent our communities from having the universal, public, affordable child care system we all deserve.
The federal government’s historic funding deals with the provinces to deliver affordable, non-profit child care to parents could mean a massive expansion to public services, the likes of which has not been seen in decades. In the face of this expansion, private operators in Nova Scotia continue to lobby to be able to expand for-profit child care.
The baby formula shortage is the result of large corporations putting profits before the needs of infants and their parents.
