Cancelled: 2020 Atlantic Weeklong School June 21-26

— CANCELLED — CUPE Atlantic’s Weeklong School will be held this year at the highly acclaimed White Point Beach Resort on the South Shore, in Queens county:  https://www.whitepoint.com/. The following programs are being offered: Program 1/ Pensions: The nitty gritty, the political context, the paradox. Program 2/ Health & Safety: Introduction and the basics along with political action, including concerns about the health of our environment. Program 3/ Social Media: All you need to know to hone your new media skills; spark your public speaking fire; and learn how to mobilize at election time. Program 4/ Navigating Interpersonal and Group Conflict: Conflict is a part of our lives at work, in the union, and at home. In this workshop we’ll build our conflict skills by looking at belief systems, sources, and developing skills to best respond to challenging dynamics. Tentative Itinerary: Members should try to arrive by Sunday, June 21st at 3:00 pm. Registration … Read more…

We need a budget that invests in Nova Scotians, not corporations: CUPE

Nova Scotians should be upset at what ISN’T in the Liberal government’s budget, says the president of CUPE Nova Scotia, Nan McFadgen. “What we didn’t see is money to improve the resident-staff ratio in nursing homes or for new long-term-care beds,” says McFadgen. “Instead, we saw a lot of self-congratulation and corporate handouts. “The corporate tax cuts in the budget could have paid for hundreds of thousands of hospital bed-days, retrofitting thousands of homes, or educating thousands of students. Instead, that money is going to corporate profits.” McFadgen says the budget does nothing to address staffing shortages in health care, and the stress this puts on health care workers and their clients. “Premier McNeil likes to talk about spending our resources wisely, but his P3 hospital project is funneling money into corporate profits that we could be spending on staffing our hospitals and long-term-care facilities adequately,” she says. According to … Read more…