June 27, 2018
CUPE NS President Nan McFadgen along with senior CUPE staff met with Minister of Labour Mark Furey yesterday to highlight the work CUPE members are doing in the province and to establish neutral ground on which to work together on common interests.
Both sides agreed that better communications, resources and timing could help resolve issues, especially in health care where reorganization has resulted in a lot of change and stress for employees.
During the meeting McFadgen asked Minister Furey if his government would partner with the union on a recruitment and retention strategy for long term care and home care. McFadgen pointed out that staff shortages in this sector were resulting in a tremendous amount of overtime at a high cost to government as well as to workers’ health and patient care.
