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Early childhood educators, ECEs, across Nova Scotia are calling out ongoing delays in receiving back pay they are owed. Employers have confirmed that required paperwork has been submitted, and that government is the source of the months-long delay.
Workers say the issue is no longer administrative—it is about respect.
“Workers have done everything required. Our employers have done everything they were asked to. And still, months later, we’re not being paid,” said Jennifer Chase, a Bridgewater-based ECE and president of CUPE 3688. “At this point, it feels deeply disrespectful to have our wages held back like this.”
The Minister has had since November to finalize a formula for distributing retroactive pay. While other public sector workers have already received their retroactive wages, ECEs say they have been left behind without explanation.
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