Province asks union to let members vote on offer as strike approaches

The province is pleading with CUPE to let members vote on the deal before they strike on Monday.

More than 2,200 workers from 22 long-term care homes are planning walk off the job.

Barb Adams, the Minister of Seniors, wrote an op-ed on Sunday, pleading for union leaders to let members vote on the offer.

She says other long-term care unions accepted the same deal.

But on Friday, some rallying union members told our newsroom they just want to be paid fairly.

There is an essential service plan in place for when the strike begins, and workers are still set to walk off the job at 7 a.m. on Monday.