Time for Alberta disability support workers to get a pay raise

“We're facing a staffing crisis right now that I haven't seen in the last 15 years of being in a sector."

Carrie Beecraft, Kaylee Dawson, Silvia Pinto and Dale Cena of Alberta Disability Awareness in Action sports, “Yup, I’m Essential” t-shirts on the steps of Alberta’s legislature. (Submitted)

Disability workers in Alberta, who haven’t had a wage increase in eight years, are underpaid, understaffed and overworked. An organization that represents these worke…