CUPE Nova Scotia

Worker’s Day of Mourning prmotion

February 9, 2021April 28, 2020

On April 28, the National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job, we remember all the workers we have lost, and we vow to keep fighting for safe and healthy workplaces for everyone.

Every year in Canada, around 1000 workers lose their lives on the job. Their deaths are preventable and should not happen. And each one is a tragedy.

Last year, CUPE lost 11 members to workplace-related fatalities.

“Our love and solidarity go out to the families, friends, and co-workers of those we have lost,” says CUPE National President Mark Hancock. “A healthy and safe workplace is the right of each and every worker under the sun, and this is why we fight for the living.”

Holding strong at Northwood Halifax

April 24, 2020

To all of our members in CUPE Nova Scotia,

Long-term care facilities in Nova Scotia currently have COVID-positive residents and staff in ten nursing homes across the province.

Northwood Halifax Campus, the largest long-term care facility east of Montreal, is dealing with an unprecedented virus, one that has taken hold of the facility, its vulnerable residents and its dedicated staff.

We know how hard the staff in Northwood are working to care for residents in a setting that strives to be like a home and not a hospital, and we recognize that this results in a different environment, practices and supplies when compared to the acute care sector.

Message to Regional Education Centres and School Board Employees

November 14, 2022April 22, 2020

We hope you, your families, loved ones and friends are all keeping safe and healthy through these new, and ever-changing times.

Your Local executive has been incredibly active over the last few weeks, not only on a Local level but as a provincial voice, dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact on the Education Sector and you, our members. The focus of our work has been on maintaining not only your Collective Agreement rights, but also ensuring that the health and safety concerns you have been bringing forward are being addressed, and measures to resolve them have been implemented. After much negotiation, your Local executive has negotiated terms and conditions to address the questions and concerns that have come from Education Sector members in regards to health and safety and your work during this pandemic. If you have not seen that negotiated document yet, please contact your Local and ask for a copy. Knowing your rights and having the proper information in order to work safely and remain healthy in this current environment is of the utmost importance.