Campaign details for CUPE LPNs

Join the campaign for fair wages for all LPNs!

Yesterday, CUPE and four other unions launched a joint campaign to fight for equal wages for all LPNs across Nova Scotia. We’re proud to stand along NSGEU, NSNU, SEIU and Unifor in this important fight. Help us win the fight for equal wages! Here are five ways you can participate. 1. Attend the town hall for all CUPE LPNs on Wednesday, June 24 at 7 P.M. (Atlantic Time) Join Zoom meeting online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82840676784 Or you can call one of these toll free numbers: 1-833-548-0276 1-888-475-4499 Meeting ID: 828 4067 6784 2. Go right now to ns.cupe.ca/same-care-same-pay Use the online form and send a letter to politicians, and your employer, telling them in your own words why you think you deserve the same pay increase your colleagues at the former CDHA are going to receive. You can send the pre-written letter or you can edit it however you like. 3. Call a Day Until They Pay … Read more…

Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

National Indigenous Peoples Day: CUPE NS calls for action

“Reclaiming Power and Place”, the report on murdered and missing indigenous women and girls, was released in June 2019. The federal government has had nine months to develop a national action plan. They promised this would be in place by June 2020, but they have now delayed the release ostensibly because of the coronavirus pandemic. The government is asking Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2+ people to wait. This is unacceptable! The federal government has had nine months to work on this before the pandemic, what has been done? On this the National Indigenous Peoples Day we call on the federal government to commit to releasing the action plan and moving forward with this important piece of reconciliation. In Solidarity, On behalf of the CUPE Nova Scotia Executive Board

Happy Pride Month from CUPE NS

Ensuring the safety, well-being and inclusion of LGBTQ2+ people: CUPE Nova Scotia

PRIDE month is a time to remember the struggle, to celebrate victories and to reaffirm our commitment to solidarity with the LGBTQ2+ community. This global pandemic has certainly impacted how we mark PRIDE month this year. It has also shown us the existing disparities in our LGBTQ2+ communities. According to the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, LGBTQ2+ people are more vulnerable during this pandemic. Please see their report at https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/LGBT/LGBTIpeople.pdf for a list of impacts of COVID-19 and actions governments around the world can take to ensure the safety, well-being and inclusion of LGBTQ2+ people. There are many LGBTQ2+ youth living in non-supportive situations, either with family or room mates. Being locked into your home with those who do not support you, or who are actively hostile, increases stress, potential violence and can have an extreme negative impact on mental and physical health and well being. … Read more…