25th anniversary of the CUPE Nova Scotia Long Term Care Coordinating Committee

Long Term Care Coordinating Committee to celebrate 25th anniversary

May 26 and 27, 2018, will mark the 25th anniversary of the CUPE Nova Scotia Long Term Care Coordinating Committee. This special event will be commemorated during this year’s annual conference to be held at the Holiday Inn in Truro. Saturday, May 26 5 to 6 pm: Registration 6 to 9 pm: Conference 9 pm: Reception to celebrate 25th anniversary Sunday, May 27 9 am to 4 pm: Conference For more information, please contact Louise Riley, chairperson of the LTC Coordinating Committee, at ltcns@bellaliant.net.

2016 CUPE Nova Scotia All Committees Conference

Save the Date! All Committees Conference

October 18 – 21, 2018. Best Western Glengarry, Truro. Watch for the registration with course selection coming to your mailbox in June. Download a copy of this CUPE Nova Scotia All Committees notice for your local. Photos from the 2016 CUPE Nova Scotia All Committees Conference on Flickr

Member update on health care bargaining

Member Update: Health Care Bargaining – May 18, 2018

Councils of Health Care Unions ratify agreement with NSHA and IWK.  After more than 18 months of negotiations, over 40 bargaining dates, multiple pieces of Liberal anti-labour legislation and countless protests, members of the Health Care Councils of Unions have voted 92% to ratify an agreement put forward by the Province. This agreement will move negotiations between the employer and all four bargaining groups (Health Care, Administrative Professionals, Support Services and Nursing) into mediated-arbitration. What this means for negotiations Each of the four bargaining units will continue to bargain with their employers (the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK). However, with this agreement any issues that cannot be resolved at the table will go to a mediator-arbitrator for an independent and final award. We anticipate that the Health Care bargaining unit will enter into arbitration near the end of July 2018. It is our hope that the employer and … Read more…