School support workers waiting too long for retroactive pay, NSGEU says
School support workers in the South Shore, Annapolis Valley and tri-county regional centres for education successfully negotiated new contracts with their employers In November 2022. But the union representing them says many are still owed back pay from a wage review process.
Union wants employers to implement new wage rates, deliver back pay before March
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union says it’s taking too long for hundreds of school support workers it represents to receive back pay they are owed.
In November 2022, school support workers in the Annapolis Valley, South Shore, Annapolis Valley and tri-county regional centres for education successfully negotiated new contracts with their employers. Those in the Annapolis Valley and the South Shore said they were striking to seek higher wages in line with other regions.
The new contracts included a process where the wage scales of different categories of support workers — such as early childhood educators and student support workers —
