As site delegate, she will lead Service and Food Workers Union members off the job for a two-hour strike tomorrow morning.
The union is seeking a 3.5% pay rise.
Next Wednesday, the union is planning another three two-hour strikes.
New Zealand Nurses Organisation members are also taking action, although there are no NZNO members at the Dunedin rest-home.
Redroofs is one of 59 care facilities owned by Oceania Group, which is linked with Australia's Macquarie Bank. Twenty of the facilities are taking action.
While she admitted to "singing this song" for years, things were reaching breaking point for carers, Mrs Taylor said.
As well as low wages - most were paid an hourly rate of between $13.61 and $14.20 - the facility did not always have a safe number of staff, she believed.
She said the company sought to cut overtime rates, from time and a-half, to time and a-quarter.
The employer's offer of 1% in July, 1% in January next year, and a further 1% in August next year meant workers would not realise the gains of annual government funding increases, Mrs Taylor said.
Oceania Group chief executive Guy Eady did not respond to emailed questions from the Otago Daily Times, but a press statement said the union's demands were out of step with government funding increases.
Additional staff would ensure disruption to residents from the strike would be minimal, Mr Eady said in the release.
"Oceania Group has been trying to balance union demands with the increases that aged-care providers receive from the Government. The company has agreed to pass on the percentage increase that is to be provided through DHBs."
