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CUPE school support staff appreciate decisive action to close 32 schools in Nova Scotia

Halifax – Representatives from the Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions (NSSBCU) are pleased that Nova Scotia Public Health and the Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) have taken decisive action today, closing 32 schools due to the discovery of active cases of COVID-19 in at least nine public schools this week. “We are calling on the Province to take similar swift action should the same situation happen in any of our other regional school districts,” says NSSBCU Chairperson Lisa deMolitor. Chris Melanson, president of CUPE 5047 representing 1,600 school support staff in the Halifax region, says, “Prince Andrew High School is another family of schools that is located between Auburn, Dartmouth and Cole Harbour high schools. Many of our members have children who attend the schools that have active cases and are now closed, but this presents a real hardship.” “These school support staff workers may have to … Read more…

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Download the CUPE NS background for your virtual meetings

Looking for an awesome background for your next union meeting? Here’s a background for members of CUPE Nova Scotia! Click this link Download the high-resolution version to your computer: novascotia.cupe.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/498/2021/04/Zoom-background.jpg Need help setting up the background? Here’s how…  Zoom: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204674889-Zoom-Rooms-Customized-Background#h_444d175e-e1cb-4d01-884b-f9388b589d98  Teams: support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-background-for-a-teams-meeting-f77a2381-443a-499d-825e-509a140f4780 Google Meets: support.google.com/meet/answer/10058482?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop  

Virtual panel discussion April 20: Why the New Democratic Party?

Special event for CUPE members in Nova Scotia and across the country.  Have you ever wondered why CUPE is partisan? Do you find it hard to distinguish one party from the other? Please join us for a critical look at the relationship, historic and current, between labour and the New Democratic Party. We’ll consider the NDP’s growth, popularity, demise and re-birth as election time looms over us in Nova Scotia. Hear from our panel of experts for a frank discussion and ask questions! Stephen Kimber, award-winning author and journalist Barb Nederpal, president of the Hospital Employees’ Union (the B.C. health services division of CUPE) Cathy Remus, former director of CUPE Union Education Lynn Jones, Nova Scotian labour and human rights activist, who is also the first Black general vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress and the first Canadian-born African woman to seek office in a federal election Moderated by Archana Rampure, CUPE’s national … Read more…