Radio ad: A message from Halifax Water workers

The members of CUPE Local 227, municipal workers employed by Halifax Water, are running a radio ad from January 11 to 17, 2019. Municipal employees at Halifax Water are dedicated to making sure your drinking water is superb and your wastewater is responsibly treated. We take our roles seriously, but we can’t do our jobs if our employer doesn’t respect our work environment. Halifax Water wants to change work practices, which could impact the way we do our jobs, and the high standards the public expects from us. All we are asking is for Halifax Water to respect the job protections in our contract. A message from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 227. Listen to the ad  

Disappointment that staff to client ratio and working conditions not part of panel’s recommendations

CUPE’s response to Nova Scotia Expert Advisory Panel to Recommend Improvements in Long-Term Care Report Halifax – The Expert Advisory Panel to Recommend Improvements in Long-Term Care missed a golden opportunity to recommend the needed steps to fix the underlying problems in long-term care in Nova Scotia. The panel should have recommended a 4.1 hours of direct care per resident per day (hprd) ratio that would give long-term care (LTC) workers the time to care. Evidence for a 4.1 hprd is strong and long-standing. Instead, the panel made recommendations to patch the holes in the system with untrained workers who will require on-the-job training, further taking time away from care. There are some positives in the report that the government needs to implement immediately, like the reinstatement of the CCA bursary. CUPE NS calls on the government to go beyond the panel’s recommended bursary and strongly support continuing care worker … Read more…