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.  

Banner: CUPE education support staff - custodian, bus attendant, secretary

Health & Safety resources for education support workers

There is much talk in the media lately about returning to school and, understandably, we are all anxious about what this will look like — staff, students and parents alike. While much of the attention appears to be on masking and physical distancing in classrooms, rest assured that CUPE has been having regular discussions with government and employers on how custodians, bus drivers and school secretaries, and others, can return to work safely, during an ongoing pandemic. Let’s return to school safely CUPE wants to ensure that all members in the education sector have a safe and healthy workplace. An important component of that is ensuring our members are able to recognize unsafe situations and are empowered to take steps to address them. Understanding COVID-19 The Novel Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, is primarily spread through the respiratory droplets of infected persons when they cough or sneeze (some droplets are also … Read more…