A news conference will be held Thursday, August 9 at the Nova Scotia Legislature to hear from clients of the restorative justice process. As support for Community Justice Society caseworkers’ fight for fair wages continues to grow, the Liberal government is failing, as sole funder of the restorative justice program, to recognize and support the important work they do. “The government needs to step up and pay us fair wages,” says Shila Leblanc, CJS caseworker and CUPE 4764 member. TIME: Thursday, August 9 at 9 a.m. LOCATION: Nova Scotia Legislature, 1726 Hollis Street, Halifax SPEAKERS: Members of CUPE 4764 will be joined by former restorative justice program clients, as well as members of the NSNDP. Shila Leblanc, CUPE 4764 member Claudia Chender, NDP MLA and justice spokesperson Jillian Smyth, former restorative justice program participant Mark Chiasson, family member of former restorative justice program participant The McNeil government is refusing to recognize its … Read more…
Are you attending the All Committee’s Conference this year in Truro ? Thursday October 18, 2018 at 7:00pm CUPE Nova Scotia will proudly be hosting a workshop called ‘the KAIROS Blanket Exercise’. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an experiential teaching tool to share the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. The exercise builds awareness and understanding of our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by having participants literally walk through situations that include pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. Hope to see you there! “I found the Blanket Exercise to be a very unique and personal way to experience key moments in the history of Indigenous people in Canada. The way that historical facts about the Indigenous experience in Canadian history were personalized for the participants was truly profound. By engaging the participants in this way, the challenges, losses and triumphs of Indigenous people in … Read more…
CUPE 4764 members, caseworkers employed by the Community Justice Society (CJS), are set to begin job action on July 30, after sending 48-hour strike notice to the Nova Scotia Minister of Labour and Advanced Education this morning. The strike will leave restorative justice clients and communities without options, and interrupt court dates.
A picket line will begin at 8 a.m. Monday at 1256 Barrington Street, Halifax.
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