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…

Celebrating Black History Month

CUPE Nova Scotia is proud to observe Black History Month by celebrating Black culture and heritage, honouring Black leaders’ accomplishments and contributions to our society, and committing to taking anti-racist action every day. We currently have two spots running that will run all month on radio and streaming platforms across the province. If you miss them, listen here: Radio Transcript: As we enter the Second United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent, CUPE Nova Scotia would like to invite you to join us in celebrating African Heritage Month and the long-standing legacy of African Nova Scotians. For more than 200 years, African Nova Scotians across this province have shaped our history, our culture, and our community. We want to take this opportunity to recognize that legacy, both past and present, and inspire future generations. This has been a message from CUPE Nova Scotia. Streaming Transcript: This African Heritage … Read more…

African Heritage Month Movie Night

CUPE Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Committee proudly presents “Speak It From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia”, a 1992 documentary from award winning Nova Scotian filmmaker Sylvia Hamilton that focuses on a group of Black Nova Scotian students in a predominantly white high school who face daily reminders of racism. During the online event we will screen the movie, then facilitate a discussion of the continued presence of racism in our schools and societies and what, if anything, has changed in the 33 years since the film was created. To register for this event, click here or on the link in the PDF document attached below.