Union, workers protest cuts to long-term care

INVERNESS: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and long-term care workers held a protest here last Friday. CUPE’s long-term care coordinator Kathy Macleod said the McNeil Liberal government cut $8 million from the long-term care budget but has only restored $3.2 million of that funding, resulting in lay-offs and budget cuts at nursing homes…