Alberta disability workers calling for higher wages in midst of ‘staffing crisis’

Workers paid to support people with disabilities in Alberta say they have not seen a wage increase since 2014, sparking what some organizations are calling a ‘staffing crisis.’ One of those social services struggling the most is the Calgary SCOPE Society which says its employees have received just a seven-cent increase over the past eight years, as the cost of living has gone up by 15 per cent in that time. “So really trying to keep up with the cost of inflation when people we&