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The union representing most unionized child care workers in Nova Scotia is welcoming the findings of a long-awaited review by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development aimed at improving child care services in the province.
CUPE Nova Scotia President Dianne Frittenburg says, "We are particularly pleased to see Minister Karen Casey committing to improve the wages of early childhood educators (ECE's), since Nova Scotia's are among the lowest paid in the country."
"Chronically high staff turnover and low staffing levels in this sector are a direct result of inferior wages and working conditions. As a province, we have to stop burying our heads in the sand on this problem, and CUPE is encouraged to see this key recommendation in the review," says Frittenburg.
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