CUPE Nova Scotia Convention 2025

Save the dates! CUPE Nova Scotia’s 2025 Convention will be held from May 25th-28th at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre in Membertou, Nova Scotia. Please see the attached Convention call below. As noted in the Convention call, there are blocks of rooms reserved at both the Hampton Hotel in Membertou, and the Holiday Inn on the Sydney Waterfront. Registration is online this year, and can be accessed here. Locals are also reminded that a Solidarity Convention Assistance Fund is available through CUPE Nova Scotia and is particularly geared to those Locals who, for various reasons, would not be able to have delegates participate due to financial restraints, etc. Applications can be found here. The applications for Convention Assistance are to be submitted by March 28th, 2025 to: Donna Van Kroonenburg Secretary-Treasurer 120 Meadowland Avenue, Bible Hill, Nova Scotia B2N 6J9 Phone: 902-893-2524 (h), 902-890-6026 (c) Email: superjavin@hotmail.com

Bargaining update for school support staff

Thank you to everyone for your ongoing support and commitment. As we shared last week, Chair of Council and President of Local 5050, Nelson Scott, along with our national representatives, met with the employer on Monday, February 10. We had meaningful discussion and scheduled the next conciliation meeting for common table negotiations which will take place on Wednesday, February 26th. Please stay tuned for further updates on local and common table negotiations that week. Nelson Scott (Local 5050), Andrew Weaver (Local 964), Kevin Carther (Local 3876), Gerrard Matthews (Local 955), Jenny-Lynn Wardrope (Local 3890), Robert Amero (Local 2272), Jennifer Cox (Local 4682), and Shelley McNeil (Local 5047) Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions

Common table update: Little common ground, but we’re staying firm!

Yesterday, we attended the first common table bargaining meeting with our employer. There were representatives from each of the RCEs and CSAP, as well as the EECD. We fought for this table, and we went into yesterday’s meeting ready to fight for a good deal. The truth is, we didn’t expect to reach an agreement in one day. But we did hope that after finally meeting at a common table we’d be able to make progress. But as we’ve experienced before, our employer’s proposals indicate that they do not respect school support staff. They won’t give us what we deserve. We need to demand it. So, where did we leave things yesterday? We’re asking for improved reporting mechanisms for violent incidents, including reports being shared with our union. After fighting for years for the employer to take any action on the crisis of violence in our schools, they now insist … Read more…