$4 pay-hike, Incentive for Support Workers to Stay
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Support workers for people living with disabilities have lobbied for a wage increase for decades, according to Maria Freeman, executive director of Inclusion Selkirk. “Their voices have finally been heard and they are grateful,” she said. The province announced the largest funding increase in the 60-year history of Community Living disABILITY Services in the budget on March 7. The $81 million funding increase means support workers can now be paid $19 an hour, an increase of almost $4, according to the Abilities Manitoba website.
$4 pay-hike, Incentive for Support Workers to Stay
$4 pay-hike, Incentive for Support Workers to…
$4 pay-hike, Incentive for Support Workers to Stay
Support workers for people living with disabilities have lobbied for a wage increase for decades, according to Maria Freeman, executive director of Inclusion Selkirk. “Their voices have finally been heard and they are grateful,” she said. The province announced the largest funding increase in the 60-year history of Community Living disABILITY Services in the budget on March 7. The $81 million funding increase means support workers can now be paid $19 an hour, an increase of almost $4, according to the Abilities Manitoba website.