2 Sudbury, Ont. PSWs say they haven't been paid since late March
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Joanna Jania says she hasn't been paid since she started working at the Extendicare York long-term care home in late March.
Jania is a personal support worker, and says she and two colleagues who joined the Sudbury, Ont. facility at the same time still haven't been paid for the shifts they worked over the last two months.
"If I didn't have support in my family, I wouldn't be able to cope," Jania said.
While her partner has been able to pay their mortgage, Jania said she has had to borrow $1,000 to pay for their son's daycare.
Jania said she has reached the point where she is refusing to work future shifts until she gets paid for her past work.
"I'm not going to work there if they don't want to pay me," she said.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) represents PSWs at Extendicare York.
In an email Jania shared with CBC News, her representative with CUPE Local 1182 said the facility had recently switched to the Workday system for its human resources.
"The facility no longer has any of the access to do a lot of the things they used to," the email said.
The union said it put in a ticket and email with Extendicare York management to escalate the issue and get her pay as soon as possible.
Roxanne Houle started working as a PSW at Extendicare York at the same time as Jania. She said she also hasn't been paid for shifts she worked over the past two months.
Without a steady paycheque she said she had to pay her mortgage with her credit card.
"I've had to use my Visa for everything, so my credit is going up in the air," Houle said.
"It's unbelievable, It's not fair."
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