Members of CUPE 4764 recently launched two radio ads asking Minister of Justice Mark Furey to fix the disparity in wages for community restorative justice caseworkers. Listen to the ads.
Restorative justice caseworkers ready for a strike
The following article written by Sandra C. Hannebohm appeared in The Coast on July 19, 2018.
Province won’t get involved in negotiations between Community Justice Society and unionized caseworkers, despite providing almost all of the program’s funding.
A group of restorative justice caseworkers is in “full prep mode” for a strike within the next two weeks.
P3 highways greater cost to public safety says CUPE
The union representing highway workers in Nova Scotia has questions about the long-term cost of a new P3 highway, especially if maintenance and snow removal are contracted out to private operators.
“Can a private, for-profit company clear and maintain highways for less than our own Department of Transportation?” asks Steve Joy, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1867. “The province already has the equipment and highly skilled employees capable of providing this work. There is no need to give taxpayers’ money away to private corporations.”