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Children from the Ladysmith Boys and Girls Club walked up First Avenue handing out pink flowers they had made to people on the street as part of their Pink Shirt Day celebrations on Feb. 25. The flowers included positive messages that the children wrote to brighten up somebody’s day. For more from Pink Shirt Day, please turn to pages 8 and 9. LINDSAY CHUNG
Strike carries on at Stz’uminus Health Center Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
Stz’uminus Health Center employees have been on the picket lines for more than 20 days now, as a labour dispute that has disrupted service for almost a month continues. The Health Center workers have been out of a contract since 2013, explained Sheila Seymour, coordinator of the Health Center’s Brighter Futures program. The inability to reach a new agreement has a lot to do with one non-monetary issue surrounding employees’ breaks. “They’re taking our one-hour
lunch break and giving us 30 minutes, and we asked for our two 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon to be combined to the lunch so it’s still a one-hour break,” said Seymour. “That’s the only thing we’re asking for.” “We agreed to the employer’s concession asking us to go down from an hour paid lunch to a halfhour paid lunch, understanding that is the way a lot of things are going, and our paid lunches are unusual,” continued Pete Pederson, a mental health wellness clinician. “But we are entitled to two 15-minute breaks, and because of the nature of health care and the nature of working in a commu-
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nity like this where we’re on the road a lot and we have lots of clients and lots of programs, we’ve asked to have that flexibility. The concession of half an hour works out to 130 hours a year of labour that we’re going without compensation.” Pederson says they’ve seen other employees of Stz’uminus First Nation lose benefits, sick days and cultural days, and they’ve decided to take a stand. “It’s about self-care,” he said. “It costs the band nothing; we’re not asking for more money. Our employees are some of the lowestpaid unionized employees in First Nations communities, and even
at that, we’re not arguing over an issue of money.” Pederson says the issue may seem small, but it’s important for the employees to be able to take a break when they can so that they can return to work recharged and refreshed. “Negotiation is about a give and take, and that’s not happening,” he added. Seymour and Pederson say the Stz’uminus Health Center has approximately 24 full-time, parttime and casual employees. Stz’uminus Health provides services such as a community health nurse, a home care nurse, personal care aides, homemakers,
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patient travel clerk and mental health clinicians. “We want to be back doing our jobs,” said Pederson. “They are just refusing to talk to us. So the community’s not getting these services. Even though there are maintenance agreements in place, most people do not fall into those agreements.” By Feb. 24, employees said they hadn’t had any word from the employers in the 19 days they’d been on the picket line. On Feb. 24, the striking workers put on a lunch for the community at the picket line at the entrance to the Health Center. See Striking Page10
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