Details released on $16-million wage increase for home support workers
The provincial government will invest $16.1 million to increase wages for home support workers, family support workers, attendant care workers, special care home workers and staff in youth group homes. From left: Hampton MLA Gary Crossman; Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Trevor Holder; Mel Kennah, executive director of Youth Impact; Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard; Saint John East MLA Glen Savoie; Jan Seely, chair of the Human Services Coalition of New Brunswick; Justice Minister and Attorney General Andrea Anderson-Mason; and Tina Learmonth, president of the New Brunswick Home Support Association.