CUPE Nova Scotia

Nan McFadgen: Underfunding brings Nova Scotia’s childcare system to brink of collapse

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

The following letter to the editor by CUPE NS President Nan McFadgen was published by the Chronicle Herald on June 19, 2020. The Nova Scotia government announced to the citizens of this province that it would ensure childcare centres and Read more [...]

Child care sector in Nova Scotia on brink of collapse

June 19, 2020

Child care centres across Nova Scotia are now facing a funding crisis that threatens to undermine the viability of the entire sector. Premier McNeil told families that their child care spots would be held for them once the economy reopened. Read more [...]

LPN reclassification – joint statement from health care unions

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

To the LPN members of CUPE, NSNU, NSGEU, and Unifor On June 15, 2020, Arbitrator Lorraine Lafferty issued a Consent Award granting an increase of 12% to the pay rates for LPNs represented by the NSGEU at the former Capital District Health Read more [...]