We’ll bargain together, and we’ll win together: EECD agrees to a common table for provincial proposals

Hello fellow school support staff, coworkers, friends, we have exciting news! After refusing to meet us at a common table for almost a year, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has agreed to meet the presidents of all CUPE eight locals representing school support staff at one common table to negotiate provincial proposals. Thanks to the support and effort of all of our members, we have received a written commitment (via email) today to meet at a common table within ten days. This is a victory—this is your victory! As you know, the EECD had previously given the seven RCEs and CSAP a specific mandate that prevented any movement on wages at our local bargaining tables. They insisted we negotiate common items at local tables and then prevented employer representatives from actually negotiating. They wasted our time. The only reason we have gone from a flat-out refusal to … Read more…

CUPE 4963 sign new contract: Notice regarding retropay

After almost two years of negotiations, workers at Queens Association for Supported Living in Milton, Nova Scotia have signed a new collective agreement. The tentative agreement was reached on November 8, 2024, and on November 12, Local 4963 voted to ratify. The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents 43 workers (including residential counsellors and program instructors) at Queens Association for Supported Living (QASL). Local 4963 were the last of 21 CUPE locals in the Department of Community Services sector to reach an agreement in this round of bargaining. Former members of CUPE 4963 that were employed from April 1st, 2023, to January 13th, 2024 are entitled to retroactive wage adjustments. Former employees have thirty days from January 13th to notify Queen’s Association for Supported Living of their desire to receive retroactive wages. If you have questions, please contact the CUPE 4963 executive.

Housing Survey

Attention CUPE Nova Scotia members: Our Human Rights Committee has developed a survey to help understand how the rising cost of housing in the province is impacting you and your loved ones. This survey can be found by clicking here.