Strike Vote - Northside Guest Home in Sydney

Northside Guest Home long-term care workers take strike vote

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1876, workers employed by the Northside Guest Home in North Sydney, voted 93 per cent in favour of a strike at a meeting held September 25, 2019. “It’s been very disappointing that the employer has not taken our members’ concerns seriously,” said CUPE 1876 President Wanda Bond. Issues that remain to be negotiated include time off, scheduling, seniority, and training courses. “One of the items that the union is attempting to negotiate is contract language that will lead to a fairer work-life balance. For example, workers are asking for every second weekend off. At the moment, some staff are going an entire month without a weekend off,” says John Gillies, CUPE National representative. “We think what we’re asking for is reasonable. Without quality time off employees and their family life suffer.” They have been in bargaining since June 2019 and … Read more…

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CUPE Nova Scotia supports youth-led Global Week of Climate Action

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…