September 20 to 27 CUPE Nova Scotia supports the youth-led “Global Week of Climate Action” and encourages union members, families and friends to participate in actions that will be taking place in communities across the country, in collaboration with youth, environmental and other groups. “CUPE will be there alongside youth leaders, demanding immediate action from our political leaders,” says CUPE Nova Scotia President Nan McFadgen. “We strike for stronger climate action which we are not seeing from our current governments. We strike to raise awareness about the climate crisis. We are fighting for our futures and future generations. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. Extreme weather events are occurring more often and becoming more extreme. It will only get worse, and we need to act on it now before it’s too late,” says McFadgen. What we want “Municipally, we want to move to a green transit system, … Read more…