Health and Safety Committee Support Sessions. September 2020. For members of CUPE in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador. Image of hands typing on a laptop.

NEW – Health and Safety Committee Support Sessions via Zoom!

Open to CUPE members in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador The COVID-19 pandemic has created new Health and Safety challenges in workplaces across all sectors. CUPE members on health and safety committees have been working hard to represent their members concerns and address the risks they face. Recognizing the unique challenges these members face, CUPE is developing new approaches to support the important work of our health and safety activists. CUPE members in the Atlantic Region now have access to Health and Safety Committee Support Sessions via Zoom. These one-hour sessions will be held multiple times each week and hosted by CUPE’s Atlantic Region Health and Safety Representative Jenna Brookfield. Members can get direct support and advice on the issues they are currently working on. These sessions are ideally suited for CUPE members that are: On a workplace health and safety committees and/or Are a health and safety activist within their CUPE … Read more…

web banner - Webinar: A Worker-Centric Economic Recovery for Nova Scotia. Photos of three panelists and the moderator. Date: Tuesday, September 15

Webinar: A Worker-Centric Economic Recovery for Nova Scotia

Updated September 23, 2020 CUPE Nova Scotia hosted a webinar on September 15, to discuss an economic recovery plan that focuses on workers. The pandemic has exposed long-standing inequalities that can no longer be ignored. Issues such as gender wage gaps, living wages, precarious employment, poverty and racism must be addressed in any plan our government puts forward for economic recovery. Child care for all, raising the minimum wage, basic guaranteed income, affordable housing… what matters most to workers in Nova Scotia? Watch the video of the CUPE NS webinar, “A Worker-Centric Economic Recovery for Nova Scotia”, now available on the CUPE NS YouTube Channel. Panelists included: Jason Edwards, Halifax Workers’ Action Centre Christine Saulnier, director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia Asaf Rashid, union organizer and human rights activist working with migrant workers Moderator: Govind Rao, CUPE National Researcher This is the second webinar presented by … Read more…

Web banner: Happy Labour Day on behalf of CUPE Nova Scotia

Celebrating workers who contribute to building a strong economy and fairer, more equal workplaces

To mark Labour Day this year, CUPE Nova Scotia is running a radio ad on stations across the province. Listen to radio message from Nan McFadgen recorded on behalf of CUPE NS’ 19,000 members. Listen to the radio ad Labour Day is time to celebrate workers who contribute to building and maintaining a strong economy, who work together towards fairer and more equal workplaces and society. Workers look after our health and well-being in times of crisis. Workers deliver the public services needed to support employees and their families. Workers keep local businesses going. Workers’ rights are the key to economic recovery. Let’s rebuild the economy with a Nova Scotia that works for all of us. A message from CUPE Nova Scotia.