School support staff could strike April 21st

HALIFAX — CUPE’s Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions (NSSBCU) and the central bargaining committee representing Nova Scotia’s Regional Centres for Education and the CSAP will be in a legal strike/lock-out position as of 12:01 am, April 21st, 2023. The parties received the final reports from conciliation officers today. “Our 5400+ members across the province need a deal that lifts them out of poverty,” said NSSBCU chair Chris Melanson. “Our members are frustrated because the employers are not taking our reasonable position seriously. Employers are ignoring the growing staffing crisis in our sector, and kids are suffering because of it.” CUPE represents Nova Scotia school support workers in a long list of classifications, including bus drivers, cleaners, maintenance and tradespeople, ECEs, Educational Program Assistants and Teaching Assistants, and food services staff to name a few. “The employers have lots of time to come back to the table and negotiate … Read more…

NS Long-Term Care: Tentative Agreement Reached

The Lead Table met with the Employer Committee in Conciliation on Friday, March 31st, where a Tentative Agreement was reached. The ratification meeting with the Lead Home, CUPE Local 3454 – Shoreham Village – has been scheduled for Thursday, April 13th, 2023. The results of the ratification meeting will be shared as soon as the votes are tabulated. No details of the Tentative Agreement will be shared until the members at the Lead Home have voted. On April 5th we will still gather for our Day of Action in Halifax, New Glasgow, and Yarmouth in support of the Community Service Sector and their bargaining, which is just getting underway. Please come out in support of your fellow workers! If you have any questions, please contact the Committee Chairperson or Staff Coordinator. LOUISE RILEY Chairperson, NS Long-Term Care & Community Services Coordinating Committee ltcns@icloud.com CARL CROUSE CUPE Long-Term Care Coordinator ccrouse@cupe.ca … Read more…